In 2017, an article published on Headcount.org – Phish Scene So White, Let’s Talk – started a heated discussion among Phish fans about whether our scene was welcoming and inclusive for people of any race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation. While there was a not-insignificant amount of backlash from the article, there were also people reaching out to phansforracialequity@gmail.com who loved the scene but saw that there was a problem, and committed to being part of the solution.
