School staffer wears blackface to work to protest vaccine mandate, calls herself Rosa Parks

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School staffer wears blackface to work to protest vaccine mandate, calls herself Rosa Parks

A staff member at the Mabel Rush Elementary School in Newberg has been placed on administrative leave after she reported to work donning blackface to protest a vaccine mandate that was implemented for school district workers, KOIN reported. The employee, identified as Lauren Pefferle, also referred to herself as Rosa Parks – the renowned African-American...

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