Singer Sophie Straat cleared of discrimination over mosh pit

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'Discrimination hotlines in both the Netherlands and Belgium have concluded that Dutch singer Sophie Straat did not discriminate when she asked “all white men to step back” during two of her recent performances.

Last month at the Best Kept Secret festival in Beekse Bergen, Straat — real name Sophie Schwartz — asked for space for women, queer people and people of colour in the “mosh pit”, an area in front of the stage where fans dance chaotically.

She made the same request on Monday during a performance in Ghent, Belgium.

The Dutch discrimination hotline Discriminatie.nl said it received hundreds of complaints but maintains that Straat’s comments do not amount to discrimination against white men based on their colour or gender.'