{"id":100717,"date":"2021-10-25T10:58:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=100717"},"modified":"2021-10-25T10:58:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:58:39","slug":"better-off-white-women-need-not-apply-racism-at-the-art-institute-of-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/better-off-white-women-need-not-apply-racism-at-the-art-institute-of-chicago","title":{"rendered":"Racism at The Art Institute of Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you are a better-off White woman who would like to make a charitable contribution to The Art Institute of Chicago, the Institute will be more than happy to accept your donation. However, don\u2019t even think of volunteering there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/indecency-art-institute-of-chicago-docents-diversity-firing-11634310172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> by <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em>, The Art Institute of Chicago \u201csuspended\u201d its volunteer museum guide and greeter (or \u201cdocent\u201d) program\u2014and let go of <em>all<\/em> of the volunteers in the program (over 80)\u2014because, well, there were too many better-off white women in its ranks. The move is eerily similar to\u2014nay, even worse than\u2014the <a href=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/the-english-touring-opera-racism-at-its-finest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one recently undertaken<\/a> by the English Touring Opera, which let go <em>half<\/em> of its orchestra because it was \u201ctoo white.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veronica Stein, the leftist Executive Director of Learning and Engagement of The Art Institute of Chicago, in her email to the docents notifying them of their termination, said that the institute had to take a different path \u201cthat allows community members of all income levels to participate, responds to issues of class and income equity, and does not require financial flexibility.\u201d But the institute still had a heart; it was offering all terminated docents a free two-year pass to the institute. The docents, by the way, were all unpaid and had served for an average of fifteen years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the liberal editorial board of the Chicago said the institute\u2019s action did not pass the smell test. \u201cWhy not invest some time in recruiting new, diverse docents? Why not grow the corps in such a way that it\u2019s refreshed?\u201d said the editorial board in an op-ed on September 27. \u201cWhy not help docents who need help with expenses or childcare? Why not have a hybrid model, at least until the current docents exit?\u201d Here is a novel idea: Why not have the institute focus on recruiting the best, most motivated volunteers for the program independent of race or ethnicity? It is significant that no one accused the volunteers of doing an inadequate job or accused the institute of discriminating against minorities in accepting people into the docent program. Once again, Marxist-inspired identity politics and political correctness trump competence and character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you are from the Chicago area and would like to visit The Art Institute of Chicago, get ready to shell out up to $25 a ticket. The institute will be happy to take your money, and any donations you could make, regardless of race, ethnicity, or sex. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if you happen to be white, female, and financially-secure, please ignore all the institute\u2019s announcements and fliers asking for volunteers. The Institute doesn&#8217;t want <em>that<\/em> kind of person. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Better-off white women&#8221; need not apply for any docent position. Once again, Marxist-inspired identity politics and political correctness trump competence and character.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":651,"featured_media":101960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,805],"tags":[12954,12512,11898,9039,7095],"class_list":["post-100717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-foreground","tag-art-institute-of-chicago","tag-english-touring-opera","tag-fef","tag-identity-politics","tag-racism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Racism at The Art Institute of Chicago - IFN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/better-off-white-women-need-not-apply-racism-at-the-art-institute-of-chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Racism at The Art Institute of Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;Better-off white women&quot; need not apply for any docent position. 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