National Gallery security staff segregated like ‘second-class citizens’, curator claims

The National Gallery's outsourced security staff, mostly from ethnic minority backgrounds, are barred from the building's staff hub—bright, airy recreation rooms available to the institution's largely white employees, The Guardian reports. A senior curator has characterized this arrangement as shocking segregation, raising questions about workplace inclusion and equity at one of Britain's most prestigious cultural institutions.

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