School staffer wears blackface in Rosa Parks ‘protest’ against vaccine mandates – By Walter Einenkel (Daily Kos) / Sept 20 2021
According to The Newberg Graphic, a special education assistant at Mabel Rush Elementary School in Newberg, Oregon, showed up on campus last Friday wearing blackface. Yes. That is still happening. The reason? According to an anonymous staff member, she was protesting a vaccine mandate and used iodine to darken her skin. This move was going to somehow compare Rosa Parks’ fight for civil rights with this person’s disregard for public health protocols. The Daily Beast has confirmed that an employee had worn blackface on campus, with school officials calling it “unacceptable.”
In a statement, Newberg Public Schools wrote that “The employee was removed from the location, and HR has placed the employee on administrative leave. The administration of Newberg Public Schools condemns all expressions of racism.” This is the third controversy surrounding the Newberg school system’s problems with racism and bigotry. Just last week Newberg High school was investigating a student who reportedly posted super-racist social media content to a Snapchat group called “Slave Trade.”
Of that incident, Superintendent Dr. Joe Morelock wrote:
“With regard to the social media incident that involved students at Newberg High School, I want to make it clear that racist and bullying behavior has no place in our schools or community. We are grateful to students and others who reported the incident. As Principal Erion wrote yesterday, we are taking this matter extremely seriously — we will investigate all involved and follow our policies for any disciplinary action. (By law and for student privacy, we cannot share the results of any disciplinary action taken.) We also are utilizing our systems of support for all students negatively affected by this and other bullying behavior. Thank you to our high school administration and counseling staff who are taking the lead, and to staff in all our schools.”
