Published 3 years ago

Oregon school staffer protests vaccine mandate by wearing blackface to dress as Rosa Parks

Summary by Ground News

A staff member at an elementary school in suburban Portland, Ore., has been suspended after reporting for work in blackface last week. The school district confirmed the blackface incident on Monday, saying the employee was removed from Mabel Rush Elementary School and placed on administrative leave. The district said it “condemns all expressions of racism.

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The Independent

School worker suspended after wearing Blackface in anti-vax protest

Employee claimed they were dressed as civil rights protest icon Rosa Parks

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Oregon school district reprimands employee who came to work in blackface

- An Oregon school district on Monday placed an employee on administrative leave for coming to work in blackface, reportedly to protest a COVID-19 vaccine requirement. The employee was removed from the workplace on Friday and placed on leave pending an investigation, the administration of Newberg Public Schools said in a statement. A staff member at Mabel Rush Elementary School

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Washington Post

Oregon school worker suspended for showing up in blackface in apparent protest of vaccine mandate

The elementary school employee darkened her face reportedly to protest a vaccine mandate for school employees.

3 years ago

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The Hill

Oregon school staffer protests vaccine mandate by wearing blackface to dress as Rosa Parks

A staff member at a Newberg, Ore., elementary school used blackface to dress up as civil rights icon Rosa Parks in protest of her school’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate,

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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Newsweek

Elementary school staffer wears Blackface to work in protest of vaccine mandate

The employee at Mabel Rush Elementary School reportedly darkened her face with iodine and told fellow staff members that she wanted to look like Rosa Parks.

3 years ago·United States

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