Oregon School Staffer Placed On Leave After Protesting Vaccine Mandate By Wearing Blackface To Dress As Rosa Parks

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Oregon School Staffer Placed On Leave After Protesting Vaccine Mandate By Wearing Blackface To Dress As Rosa Parks

A staff member at Mabel Rush elementary school used blackface to dress up as Rosa Parks in protest of the  school’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

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The staff member has not yet been identified, but special education assistant Lauren Pefferle confirmed the employee came to school with her face darkended to protest against the mandate.

 

“Last Friday, one of our employees reported for work in Blackface,” the school district said in a statement. “The employee was removed from the location and [human resources] has placed the employee on administrative leave. The administration of Newberg Public Schools condemns all expressions of racism.”

“Each incident report is always taken seriously as we diligently follow our policies to investigate and take appropriate action,” the district added. “We continue to work towards a safe and welcoming environment in our schools that is free from bullying and reduces mental, emotional and physical harm as we move forward together in our mission of educating students.”

The local school board, has been under hot water in the past for attempting to ban Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ Pride flags.

Tai Harden-Moore, who has children that lives in the district spoke out saying that local leaders must do a better job.

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“This makes sense only because we have our county commissioner, Mary Starrett, who drew that line between vaccine mandates and Jim Crow,” Harden-Moore said. “That was only a couple months ago. Our county leadership is saying basic public health measures are akin to Jim Crow. There is a line between our political leadership and something like this happening. Our leadership matters.”

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