Three days after Hyperallergic published an article detailing the Whitney Museum’s connection to the ongoing migrant crisis at the US-Mexico border, more than 100 staffers at the Manhattan-based museum have signed a letter demanding that their employers respond to the article’s allegations. Whitney Museum vice chairman Warren B. Kanders purchased the defense manufacturer “Safariland” in 2012... The company was just one of two companies, owned by Kanders, whose logos appeared on the tear gas canisters and smoke grenades launched as asylum seekers on the border between Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, California on November 25... Staffers excoriated the Whitney’s leadership, which includes the museum’s director Adam D. Weinberg, whose decision to remain silent on the matter impacts the “visitor-facing staff, who are, generally speaking, [the] most diverse and lowest paid staff” at the downtown institution.

... Signatories listed their current demands, which includes acknowledgment from the Whitney’s board, the considering of Kanders’ resignation, a museum-wide forum for employees to discuss related policy issues, and the creation of a clear policy for trustees going forward. Hyperallergic has not yet received a response from the Whitney Museum or Safariland in response to multiple inquiries at the time of this article’s publication.