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Oregon county issues face mask order that exempts non-white people


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2020 Jun 24, 7:43am   600 views  5 comments

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Lincoln County, Oregon, has exempted non-white people from a new order requiring that face coverings be worn in public — to prevent racial profiling.

Health officials announced last week residents must wear face coverings in public settings where they may come within six feet of another individual who is not from the same household.

But people of color do not have to follow the new rule if they have “heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment” over wearing the masks, officials said.

“No person shall intimidate or harass people who do not comply,” health officials said.

“For many black people, deciding whether or not to wear a bandanna in public to protect themselves and others from contracting coronavirus is a lose-lose situation that can result in life-threatening consequences either way,” ReNika Moore, director of the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program, told CNN.
Trevon Logan, who is black, said orders to wear face coverings are “basically telling people to look dangerous given racial stereotypes that are out there.”

“This is in the larger context of black men fitting the description of a suspect who has a hood on, who has a face covering on,” Logan, an economics professor at Ohio State University, told the outlet.

“It looks like almost every criminal sketch of any garden-variety black suspect.”
https://nypost.com/2020/06/23/oregon-county-issues-face-mask-order-exempting-non-white-people/?fbclid=IwAR2sNCDReoIN4a44EMRkXpI5r-JWc4g6gtCf2MaAuu9wpg-Mj3OIg0M8O18

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1   Patrick   2020 Jun 24, 10:27am  

This has to be illegal.

The laws apply to all citizens equally.

That is the basis of this country.
2   Malcolm   2020 Jun 24, 11:18am  

Of course it isn't legal. The 14th amendment and the Civil Rights Act protect against reverse discrimination as well.
3   Onvacation   2020 Jun 24, 11:36am  

Patrick says
This has to be illegal.

There has been a lot of illegal and unconstitutional stuff going on recently.
4   Ceffer   2020 Jun 24, 11:45am  

Malcolm says
Of course it isn't legal. The 14th amendment and the Civil Rights Act protect against reverse discrimination as well.

You mean the stuff that's been going on for the last 55 years as official government and non-government policy?
5   Shaman   2020 Jun 24, 12:39pm  

Now San Bernadino County has declared Racism a public health issue and is busy declaring edicts from on high to correct the “problem” including plenty of affirmative action (which is illegal on a statewide basis).

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