Published 3 years ago

Art Institute of Chicago volunteers lose their positions to promote equity and diversity

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The Art Institute of Chicago is cutting its volunteer docent program. The program has been in place since 1961. The current crop of docents turns out to be mostly retired white women with enough money to volunteer for a position that takes years to master and yet pays them nothing. That’s no longer considered diverse enough.

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Chicago museum fires all of it's mostly White female, financially well-off docents for lack of diversity

The Art Institute of Chicago fired all of its trained volunteers and guides last month, who were mostly older White women, in order to diversify its team.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Daily Wire

Famed Art Institute Of Chicago Fires All Docents, Primarily White Women. Critics Charge Racism.

The famed Art Institute of Chicago fired all of its volunteer docents in early September, and allegedly they did so because the group of predominantly white, retired women was not “diverse” and “inclusive” enough.The Art Institute of Chicago 2021-2022 Docent Council fired back on September 13 in a letter delineating the numerous contributions the docents had made over the years. They wrote:We believe we were dismissed (1) because the museum’s pe…

3 years ago·Nashville, United States

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Wall Street Journal

Indocency on Display at the Art Institute of Chicago

The museum fired all its volunteer greeters and guides because most were white women with above average means.

3 years ago·New York, United States

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Hot Air

Art Institute of Chicago volunteers lose their positions to promote equity and diversity

"the museum’s perspective is that the current docent corps’ demographics do not meet the need of the strategic plan"

3 years ago·Arlington, United States

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The Federalist

Art Institute To White Docents: We Don't Want Your Kind Volunteering Here

From firing well-trained museum volunteers to eliminating gifted programs, the cult of wokeness has shown all it cares about is the optics of 'diversity.'

3 years ago·United States

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The Post Millennial

Chicago art institute fires all of its volunteer museum guides because most were wealthy white women: report

The Chicago museum reportedly fired all of its volunteer greeters and guides because most were older wealthy white women.

3 years ago·Toronto, Canada

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Chicago museum fires all of it's mostly White female, financially well-off docents for lack of diversity

Chicago museum fires all of it's mostly White female, financially well-off docents for lack of diversity

Famed Art Institute Of Chicago Fires All Docents, Primarily White Women. Critics Charge Racism.

Famed Art Institute Of Chicago Fires All Docents, Primarily White Women. Critics Charge Racism.

Indocency on Display at the Art Institute of Chicago

Indocency on Display at the Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago volunteers lose their positions to promote equity and diversity

Art Institute of Chicago volunteers lose their positions to promote equity and diversity

Art Institute To White Docents: We Don't Want Your Kind Volunteering Here

Art Institute To White Docents: We Don't Want Your Kind Volunteering Here

Chicago art institute fires all of its volunteer museum guides because most were wealthy white women: report

Chicago art institute fires all of its volunteer museum guides because most were wealthy white women: report

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