A Texas teacher has been fired for refusing to stop wearing a mask with “Black Lives Matter” written on one side of the mask. Along with “silence is violence” written on the other side. Lillian White an art teacher at Great Hearts Western Hills in San Antonio began wearing the face mask once the charter school reopened for in-person classes according to CNN.
White told the news outlet she wore the mask to “demonstrate her support for Black students and faculty,” and to “advocate for an anti-racism action plan and a more diverse curriculum.”
Within two weeks school officials sent a text message to White, asking her to stop wearing the mask.
“Hey. Can you start bringing a different mask on campus? We don’t discuss the current political climate on campus. Parents will start coming around more now,” Heather Molder the school’s assistant headmaster, said in a text message to White reported by CNN. The school policy doesn’t allow faculty to put messages on their face masks.
White has worked with the school for over 10 years and spent nearly a month discussing the issue with school officials. On Sept. 5 White was informed her employment was terminated due to her refusal to wear a different mask. No students or parents actually saw White wear the mask in-person, but she told CNN she did receive some backlash from parents who saw photos of her wearing the mask on social media.
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