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Took
a
group
of
our
high
school
students
on
a
field
trip
here
yesterday.
They
had
apparently
tried
to
cancel
our
trip
but
this
message
was
not
relayed
to
us.
The
exhibition
was
about
hip
hop
and
architecture,
when
we
arrived
we
had
a
guide
who
awkwardly
had
little
idea
what
she
was
talking
about.
We
had
teachers
with
doctorates
in
the
the
arts
who
could
have
guided
their
own
students
just
fine,
but
there
was
a
group
of
all
white
students
ahead
of
us
who
hadn't
been
cancelled
and
right
behind
us
they
were
taking
a
group
of
big
donors
through
the
exhibition,
I
literally
heard
them
thanking
them
for
the
money
they'd
contributed.
The
whole
thing
was
extremely
awkward
and
disappointing
for
our
students.
For
an
exhibition
that
is
supposed
to
counter
racism
in
architecture
and
the
history
of
hip
hop,
the
irony
of
a
largely
black
public
school
group
getting
the
shaft
was
felt
strongly.
To
add
insult
to
injury,
our
second
group
was
supposed
to
come
today
but
was
cancelled
at
the
last
minute
due
to
"short
staffing"
despite
us
offering
to
do
the
tour
with
our
experienced
teachers
ourselves.
They
apparently
have
no
idea
what
the
coordination
of
permissions,
lunches,
buses,
and
substitute
teachers
takes.
I
feel
like
the
curators
of
the
exhibition
would
be
appalled.
This
is
Atlanta,
there
was
hardly
a
person
of
color
in
this
space
apart
from
us
and
one
person
in
the
donor
group
behind
us.
The
disappointment
for
the
students
today
not
going
is
deep!
No
attempt
by
them
to
reach
out
and
make
things
right,
it's
clear
where
their
priorities
are.
This
place
is
a
joke.
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