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| Melanin Challenged Volunteers FIRED after Woke Consulting Firm Advised Chicago Art Institute to Prioritize ‘Equity and Diversity' |
| 2021-10-27 |
| [100% Fed Up] More than 150 white volunteers at the Art Institute of Chicago after a consulting company out of Colorado told the institute to prioritize so-called ’equity and diversity.’ This company, called the Equity Project, said that the volunteer program didn’t have enough diversity and that it was too skewed towards white women. AKA: "Former Major Donors" "Sometimes equity means taking bold steps and actions," said Monica Williams (pictured below), the executive producer of the Equity Project. The mostly elderly volunteers were notified by email that they were fired and that the museum wanted to "rebuild our program from the ground up." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 I guess they never caught the news that the Detroit fine arts museum had to put it's contents up for sale to cover costs of the city. They're future is already written. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-10-27 16:41 |
| #13 Most of the volunteers are probably liberals and agree with the policy. Thank you sir, may I have another. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2021-10-27 14:50 |
| #12 You can't fire me. I'm a volunteer. |
| Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-10-27 14:06 |
| #10 or donors Selling off the museum's collection piecemeal will fund the looting for many years. |
| Posted by: Menhadden Sproing4301 2021-10-27 10:39 |
| #9 The explanation given said, among other things, that they wanted to make it possible for those less well off to be able to participate. New docents would be paid. Since this is Chicago, that means sinecures for the friends/relatives of the clout-heavy. I'd guess that donations will decrease, but I'm not sure how much future revenue matters in a bust-out. They get some taxpayer money; maybe that'll go up to compensate, or maybe they'll sell off artwork that's too white. |
| Posted by: james 2021-10-27 10:02 |
| #8 Firing volunteers, I think I've heard it all now but we'll give it another day. |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-10-27 09:59 |
| #7 or donors |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-10-27 09:47 |
| #6 I hope they enjoy working without volunteers then. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2021-10-27 09:16 |
| #5 I remember Sandra saying that she took a lot of classes before she was fully certified to work there. That and a Fine Arts (and Education) degree from the University of Michigan. The new folks might know about tagging, though. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-10-27 09:13 |
| #4 Heard about this on the radio. Not only are they volunteers, but |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-10-27 08:49 |
| #3 My niece's mother in law received one of those emails. I'll try to get her to send me a copy as I'm really curious as to how they worded it. Sandra had been volunteering there for at least 10 years. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-10-27 08:41 |
| #2 "Equity" is Wakandan for shakedown. This is just Sharptonism in a new wig. |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-10-27 07:48 |
| #1 Perhaps the Art Ensemble can use them? |
| Posted by: Gletch Glitch9641 2021-10-27 04:44 |