The county received a flood of angry phone calls and emails after some deemed its mask exemption as “racism toward white people.”
The region of 50,000 on a quiet part of the Oregon Coast became a target of anger after passing a directive that all residents wear masks indoors and outdoors — with a few exceptions, including for “people of color worried about racial profiling and harassment due to wearing face coverings in public.”
"We included the protections for those within our communities of color who historically, and often personally, found themselves the victims of harassment and violence," the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners and County ManagementWednesday evening."We are shocked and appalled at the volume of horrifically racist commentary we have received regarding this policy exemption."
But it apparently had the opposite effect, spurring a flood of angry phone calls and emails from people around the county who said the exception discriminated against white people. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is requiring people in the state's hardest-hit counties to wear masks in indoor settings beginning June 24. The statewide policy also has some exceptions, but doesn't include anything as specific as what was in Lincoln County's original directive.
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