Blacks exempt from mask-wearing requirements in one county in Oregon

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Well....they were. But that policy has been rescinded:

A mask mandate exemption for people of color meant to address racial profiling concerns has been removed after racist backlash, Oregon county officials said in a statement.

"The expressions of racism regarding the exception has created a ripple of fear throughout our communities of color. The very policy meant to protect them, is now making them a target for further discrimination and harassment," Lincoln County leaders said Wednesday.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/24/us/orego ... index.html

Now hold on....I thought black people were at a far higher risk from Covid than are other races. So how is a policy exempting them from having to wear masks "meant to protect them"??? Not being racially profiled is more important than not getting sick and dying?

At any rate, the policy itself was discriminatory - I wasn't aware that you could restrict the activities of people of one race while allowing those same activities by people of another race.

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Well....they were. But that policy has been rescinded:

A mask mandate exemption for people of color meant to address racial profiling concerns has been removed after racist backlash, Oregon county officials said in a statement.

"The expressions of racism regarding the exception has created a ripple of fear throughout our communities of color. The very policy meant to protect them, is now making them a target for further discrimination and harassment," Lincoln County leaders said Wednesday.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/24/us/orego ... index.html

Now hold on....I thought black people were at a far higher risk from Covid than are other races. So how is a policy exempting them from having to wear masks "meant to protect them"??? Not being racially profiled is more important than not getting sick and dying?

At any rate, the policy itself was discriminatory - I wasn't aware that you could restrict the activities of people of one race while allowing those same activities by people of another race.

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