{"id":141778,"date":"2020-06-23T20:45:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T00:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=141778"},"modified":"2020-06-23T20:48:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T00:48:37","slug":"oregon-county-issues-mandatory-face-mask-requirement-but-only-if-youre-a-white-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/oregon-county-issues-mandatory-face-mask-requirement-but-only-if-youre-a-white-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon County Issues Directive For Everyone To Wear Face Masks \u2014 Except ‘People Of Color’"},"content":{"rendered":"
One county in Oregon has enacted a public health order mandating all citizens wear a face covering in public—-unless you are a “person of color.”<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Lincoln county health officials wrote in their guidelines<\/a>, “people of color who have heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment due to wearing face coverings in public” are exempt from this rule.<\/p>\n “No person shall intimidate or harass people who do not comply,” health officials said in the directive<\/a>. “This Directive is intended to induce voluntary compliance and compliment education and encouragement of use of face coverings to protect ourselves and our community.”<\/p>\n \u201cFor 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,\u201d Director of the ACLU\u2019s Racial Justice Program, ReNika Moore, told CNN.<\/p>\n