School worker suspended after wearing blackface in anti-vax protest

A staff member at an Oregon elementary school showed up in blackface to protest against its vaccination mandate.

The employee at Mabel Rush Elementary School in Newberg claimed they were dressed as civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who refused to obey racist laws that forced Black people to sit in the back of public buses.

The Newberg Public Schools district has a vaccine mandate that covers both teachers and staff members, with religious and medical exemptions.