Posted on 10/17/2021 2:37:58 PM PDT by Robwin
The Art Institute of Chicago fired all of its trained volunteers and guides last month, who were mostly older White women, to diversify its team.
"We were surprised, we were disappointed," Gigi Vaffis, president of the docent council, said in an interview with radio station WBEZ of the firings. "There is an army of very highly skilled docents that are willing and ready and able to continue with arts education."
The Art Institute used to have more than 100 docents, 82 of whom were active, until an executive director of learning and engagement, Veronica Stein, sent an email on Sept. 3 firing them all, the Wall Street Journal reported. Docents are trained volunteers who lead tours of museums, and at the Art Institute, they averaged 15 years of unpaid service.
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A classic from 25-30 years ago from Neal Boortz.
Boo got shot.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2SK6_Di_3O0
I wonder if the Art Institute keeps statistics on the race of people who visit the museum—how many white, how many Asian, how many Hispanic and how many black? My guess would be that the proportion of African Americans who pay to see a bunch of art mostly produced by dead white men is less than the proportion of African Americans in Chicago and vicinity.
It’s even worse than this article reports. Apparently, the new, replacement “educators” of color will be PAID $25 an hour. See https://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2021/09/art-institute-of-chicago-fires-docents-because-they-are-too-many-whites-in-their-ranks/
I cried over that scene.
Early on in the Covid mess, I had a consultation with a woman who wanted landscaping. She was dressed in black, and had a black face shield on. She looked like Darth Vader. I couldn’t see her eyes. I had a very hard time communicating with her. Thought it was so weird. Still do. She was stupid.
Ok, that does it.
I am going to found AAAA, Americans Against Acronym Abuse.
Just like the Aryan laws in Germany. Universities, orchestras, and pretty much the entire society had to be Aryanized. This time it comes from people who use nazi or fascist as their epithet of choice which is tragically ironic (and moronic).
Who they will get is a bunch of Asian art history majors.
“The Art Institute used to have more than 100 docents, 82 of whom were active, until an executive director of learning and engagement, Veronica Stein, sent an email on Sept. 3 firing them all . . .”
Notice that this Veronica Stein didn’t fire her own white @ss - an excess of white women is apparently a problem as long as it doesn’t personally affect the individual doing the virtue signaling.
White privilege
New Director is Veronica Stein a black woman with a degree in “education justice” IOW, an ignorant wokie (is there any other kind.)

Veronica Stein
WTF is on her head where hair should be? It looks like that pile of baby rattlesnakes found under that CA house.
I think due to being volunteers and releasing everyone they are legally okay.
Morally, they are ****.
More outright racism from leftist democrats.
Yep.
My opinion is in the minority, but I am all in favor of killing every American involved, at all, with HR.
P.S. - Such a fine movie.
“Art Institute of Chicago Welcomes Veronica Stein as the New Woman’s Board Executive Director of Learning and Public Engagement”
Hired March 2021
Oops!
Forgot. I think she be racist!
The next group of volunteers will help themselves to the loot er... art, to redistribute income to the lower levels.
Ms. Stein explained, “in a way that allows community members of all income levels to participate, responds to issues of class and income equity, and does not require financial flexibility.”
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