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Burning Man festival founder, Larry Harvey, has been slated by media outlets after the festival's census showed a predominantly white attendance percentage.

The Census showed that the total festival's attendees are 87% white and only 1.3% black. This brings up a multitude of questions regarding Burning Man's demographic and diversity policies.

Burning Man is an annual festival that takes place in a temporary community called Black Rock City in Nevada. The event is described as a community experiment emphasising the value of expression, community and 'radical inclusion' - one of the festival's core principles.

Harvey has found himself defending the census to The Guardian saying: "I don’t think black folks like to camp as much as white folks."

He continued: “This has never been imagined by us as a utopian society,” he continued. “I’ll believe in utopia when I meet my first perfect person, and this community is made up of 70,000 imperfect persons."

"That being the case", Harvey continued: "I don’t think black folks like to camp as much as white folks," Harvey said. “This has never been imagined by us as a utopian society,” he continued. “I’ll believe in utopia when I meet my first perfect person, and this community is made up of 70,000 imperfect persons."

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