Original sentence: According to a statement that was subsequently released by the festival, "the incident involved a white volunteer photographer and several white audience members who reacted negatively" to Pimienta's request.During her performance at the Halifax Pop Explosion music festival on October 19, 2017, Pimienta, as she often does during her concerts, invited the "brown girls [in the audience] to [come] the front".When the photographer refused to move after ten separate requests, Pimienta said, "you're cutting into my set time and you're disrespecting these women, and I don't have time for this"
Edited sentence: According to a statement that was subsequently released by the festival, "the incident involved a white volunteer photographer and several white audience members who reacted negatively" to Pimienta's racially motivated request.During her performance at the Halifax Pop Explosion music festival on October 19, 2017, Pimienta, invited the "brown girls [in the audience] to [come] the front".When the photographer refused to move due after ten separate requests, Pimienta said, "you're cutting into my set time and you're disrespecting these women, and I don't have time for this"