In the latest example of anti-vaxxers playing victim, a special education assistant at a Newberg, Oregon elementary school reportedly wore blackface to work last Friday to protest a vaccine mandate for district employees. A staff member told the Newberg Graphic that Lauren Pefferle had darkened her face with iodine in order to look like Rosa Parks. (Yup. Let that sink in.) The incident is part of a pattern of anti-vaxxers drawing ridiculous parallels between vaccination and fascism — and casting themselves as “oppressed.”
According to a statement from Newberg Public Schools, Pefferle was removed from Mabel Rush Elementary School and placed on administrative leave. (The Newberg Graphic learned of Pefferle's identity from the staff member mentioned above, but said the school district would not disclose her name.)
