Fire Whitey!

[HankB]

In Chicago, the Art Institute fired all of its trained docents last month because they were mostly white and mostly female - not diverse enough.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-museum-fires-apos-mostly-150838189.html

They were unpaid volunteers, so maybe they can get away with firing them because of race . . . but if you're reading this, a lot of you are probably thinking what I'm thinking.

[MechAg94]

Looking at what they claimed they were doing as training, why the hell were they doing all that unpaid?  Sounds like a lot of work.  If they were actually leading that many tours, the museum could afford to pay them.

[Perd Hapley]

Looking at what they claimed they were doing as training, why the hell were they doing all that unpaid?  Sounds like a lot of work.  If they were actually leading that many tours, the museum could afford to pay them.

From what little I've read, it sounds like they're well-off women who care about art, and want to share that with other people.

Who wants jerks like that in an art museum, right?

[K Frame]

"From what little I've read, it sounds like they're well-off women who care about art, and want to share that with other people. "

Bingo. That's true of docents at most museums. You tend to get people who are really passionate about the subject matter and just love sharing.

I've thought about becoming a docent at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

[Fly320s]

Are you an old, wealthy, white woman?

[K Frame]

Old wealthy white man.