After a museum in New York terminated the contracts of gallery attendants for wearing Palestinian headscarves, Valentina Di Liscia speaks to staff, protesters and the public about the fallout.
The Noguchi Museum in New York City has terminated three gallery attendants who said they would not comply with a controversial new rule banning staff from wearing the Palestinian headscarves known as keffiyehs. A fourth worker, the director of Visitor Services, was also terminated during the fallout of the policy announcement.
On Sunday, September 8, at least 60 people including former workers and supporters protested outside the Queens institution and handed out flyers to inform visitors of the ban, which has been billed by museum leadership as a dress code update prohibiting “political dress” that could make visitors feel “unsafe” or “uncomfortable.”
More than 50 staff members — two-thirds of the workforce — signed an internal petition calling for the policy’s reversal when it was first communicated in late August. ... Keep reading on Hyperallegic.
The Noguchi Museum in New York City has terminated three gallery attendants who said they would not comply with a controversial new rule banning staff from wearing the Palestinian headscarves known as keffiyehs. A fourth worker, the director of Visitor Services, was also terminated during the fallout of the policy announcement.
On Sunday, September 8, at least 60 people including former workers and supporters protested outside the Queens institution and handed out flyers to inform visitors of the ban, which has been billed by museum leadership as a dress code update prohibiting “political dress” that could make visitors feel “unsafe” or “uncomfortable.”
More than 50 staff members — two-thirds of the workforce — signed an internal petition calling for the policy’s reversal when it was first communicated in late August. ... Keep reading on Hyperallegic.