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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTeacher from Texas fired for wearing Black Lives Matter mask
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/texas-teacher-fired-after-refusing-to-stop-wearing-black-lives-matter-maskA former teacher in San Antonio says she was fired after she declined to stop wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask at the school.
Lillian White was a teacher at Great Hearts Western Hills, a charter school on the city's north side.
KENS reports that White began attending weekly in-person training sessions at Great Hearts Western Hills in July, wearing homemade masks printed with the phrases, "Black Lives Matter" and "Silence is Violence."
"For about a week and a half I was wearing these masks and no one said anything. A couple of the other teachers came up and asked for some if I had any extras and I made them some," White told KENS.
She says one Friday, she received a text message from the assistant principal, saying "wed like you to stop wearing these masks anymore, parents will be coming around more and we dont discuss the current political climate."
Even then, White says she continued to wear the mask, citing her commitment to what Black Lives Matter stands for.
"This is human rights and it should be something that is promoted at our school. Its an excuse to not talk about it by saying this is politics, talk about it on your own time. Its just an excuse because theyre uncomfortable with the conversation," White told KENS.
Lillian White was a teacher at Great Hearts Western Hills, a charter school on the city's north side.
KENS reports that White began attending weekly in-person training sessions at Great Hearts Western Hills in July, wearing homemade masks printed with the phrases, "Black Lives Matter" and "Silence is Violence."
"For about a week and a half I was wearing these masks and no one said anything. A couple of the other teachers came up and asked for some if I had any extras and I made them some," White told KENS.
She says one Friday, she received a text message from the assistant principal, saying "wed like you to stop wearing these masks anymore, parents will be coming around more and we dont discuss the current political climate."
Even then, White says she continued to wear the mask, citing her commitment to what Black Lives Matter stands for.
"This is human rights and it should be something that is promoted at our school. Its an excuse to not talk about it by saying this is politics, talk about it on your own time. Its just an excuse because theyre uncomfortable with the conversation," White told KENS.
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Teacher from Texas fired for wearing Black Lives Matter mask (Original Post)
ClearSky24
Sep 2020
OP
Of course, if she had sported a mask that said, "White Lives Matter" the reaction would have been...
DFW
Sep 2020
#1
"if we let people wear BLM masks, then people may start to say police shouldn't be allowed
struggle4progress
Sep 2020
#2
DFW
(54,050 posts)1. Of course, if she had sported a mask that said, "White Lives Matter" the reaction would have been...
Nothing at all.
struggle4progress
(118,034 posts)2. "if we let people wear BLM masks, then people may start to say police shouldn't be allowed
to break into black folk's homes and shoot them or shouldn't be able to kill black folk by kneeling on their necks! And what then? Will people start to disparage our proud Texas heritage as hate, by remembering the hundreds of lynchings in Our Great State? I'm sure everyone sees how this could become a slippery slope!"