Chicago’s Art Institute Fires All of
Its Docents: Too Many Wealthy White Ladies
Posted By: Ribicon, 10/17/2021 1:20:58 PM
The Art Institute of Chicago fired all of its roughly 100 volunteer museum guides, or docents, in September because too many of them were wealthy, white women. The news of the mass firing has only trickled out slowly, partly because the institute asked docents not to speak to the media, and because the left-leaning Chicago media showed little interest in covering the issue.(Snip)Ironically, the Journal was able to speak to one of the fired docents, who happened to be black, and defied the museum’s request that no one speak directly to the media—perhaps because she had less fear of being accused of racism.
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Most of the wealthy white volunteers probably supported every aspect of our Great Leap Forward, up to the part where it affects them personally. Live and learn, ladies.