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Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts) Fri May 24, 2019, 12:05 PM May 2019

Boston Museum of Fine Arts Apologizes for Racist Remarks, Profiling 7th Grade Students

The field trip was supposed to be a reward for the kids being exceptional students and to provide them with a firsthand look at the cultures they had been studying in school, but instead, it only served as yet another cruel reminder of how pervasive racism is.

“This is really about creating a culture of inclusivity in the museum, and as an institution in the city we want to be a leader in that space,” she said. “If they feel they were treated in a way that was racist or unwelcoming, I don’t need to review video. What I’m interested in is that it doesn’t happen again,” Makeeba McCreary, MFA’s chief of learning and community engagement.

https://www.theroot.com/boston-museum-of-fine-arts-apologizes-for-racist-remark-1834977922

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Boston Museum of Fine Arts Apologizes for Racist Remarks, Profiling 7th Grade Students (Original Post) Kind of Blue May 2019 OP

It's Boston. brush May 2019 #1

LOL! But Oh, No. My niece is about to Kind of Blue May 2019 #2

I spent summer 83 there for advanced training, it was bad then too. irisblue May 2019 #4

Shit! I absolutely hate when fear overcomes me. Kind of Blue May 2019 #6

It's wrong to misuse kids like that. irisblue May 2019 #3

The way I see it is they're always innocent and Kind of Blue May 2019 #5

brush

(58,015 posts)

1. It's Boston.

Reply to Kind of Blue (Original post)

Fri May 24, 2019, 12:09 PM

May 2019

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)

2. LOL! But Oh, No. My niece is about to

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Fri May 24, 2019, 12:12 PM

May 2019

enter her sophomore year there. The school is based in Boston but freshmen complete their first year overseas. I'm gonna have to break "It's Boston" to her

irisblue

(34,405 posts)

4. I spent summer 83 there for advanced training, it was bad then too.

Reply to Kind of Blue (Reply #2)

Fri May 24, 2019, 12:18 PM

May 2019

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)

6. Shit! I absolutely hate when fear overcomes me.

Reply to irisblue (Reply #4)

Fri May 24, 2019, 01:19 PM

May 2019

But really, Thanks, irisblue. It's imperative that we have "the talk" again about being doubly mindful of her surroundings.

irisblue

(34,405 posts)

3. It's wrong to misuse kids like that.

Reply to Kind of Blue (Original post)

Fri May 24, 2019, 12:17 PM

May 2019

I did not see anything about disciplining the guards in the article.

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)

5. The way I see it is they're always innocent and

Reply to irisblue (Reply #3)

Fri May 24, 2019, 12:23 PM

May 2019

wait for something to happen before beginning to "roll out the process of training - next month."

I'm glad the kids immediately went on Twitter because surely this is not their first incident.

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