i disagree. looking at the presidents is a limited sample. it's pretty fucking alarming that even a right-wing conservative president has diverse representation in his cabinet, while the AIA just lives up to its stodgy white male image.
I think that's a different issue. The biased dominance of the white male in every level of american commerce is well documented and the AIA follows this biased like most elite organizations. what's the make up of the american bar association? mostly white. what's the make up of the senate and house of representives? mostly white. Consider that Obama was first Black senator in what 10-20 years...
just because the right wing is smart enough to pull in a few right wing minorities is hardly progressive - especially when you consider their agenda's are wholly not representative of their communities.
what do you know though, the american bar association has a minority president. Bring the ruckus.
Hilarious - and I thinka pretty accurate representation of their constituency: Boring white males working in corporate firms for boring clients. Bravo!
i get an aia email weekly and when those guys showed up on the cover, i was appauled. where are the women. i am going to send each of them an email and to the president of the aia the uk/bd 50/50 charter. at least one of them is asian.
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the picture is great!
they look like they are all exactly the same skin tone.
it's just like the national president election. you see anything other than white faces here?
i disagree. looking at the presidents is a limited sample. it's pretty fucking alarming that even a right-wing conservative president has diverse representation in his cabinet, while the AIA just lives up to its stodgy white male image.
I think that's a different issue. The biased dominance of the white male in every level of american commerce is well documented and the AIA follows this biased like most elite organizations. what's the make up of the american bar association? mostly white. what's the make up of the senate and house of representives? mostly white. Consider that Obama was first Black senator in what 10-20 years...
just because the right wing is smart enough to pull in a few right wing minorities is hardly progressive - especially when you consider their agenda's are wholly not representative of their communities.
what do you know though, the american bar association has a minority president. Bring the ruckus.
um, so back to the picture,
do you think they said "okay, glasses and moustaches on the left, baldies on the right!"
I'm sure in boise that's a major worry.
the right wing?
or the white male?
i dont think there are any architects in boise that are not white. there are a few females though.
To their credit, at least one of them is wearing a bow tie.
:o\
Hilarious - and I thinka pretty accurate representation of their constituency: Boring white males working in corporate firms for boring clients. Bravo!
Does one need to be BOTH white and wear a tie to be in the AIA?
About the only thing the AIA is doing a great job at is making itself a meaningless obsolete irrelevant organization.
i get an aia email weekly and when those guys showed up on the cover, i was appauled. where are the women. i am going to send each of them an email and to the president of the aia the uk/bd 50/50 charter. at least one of them is asian.
who selected those sods anyway..that is the source of the problem. Can't blame them for being white or male.
i would venture to guess that other white males selected them.
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