A Temecula City Council member compared the fight against the face mask mandates to Rosa Parks’ bus demonstration for civil rights, sparking anger and support.
A Temecula City Council member who compared her fight against face mask mandates to Rosa Parks’ bus demonstration for civil rights has touched off a weeks-long controversy in the majority-white Riverside County city where residents are sharply divided over the comments and Black community members have expressed anger over the remarks.
During Tuesday’s meeting, additional time was dedicated to reading public comments on the issue, which was first reported in the“Her rants reeks of white privilege,” one commenter wrote. “Her comments were very painful to the African American community, and as elected officials, if we make comments that cause trauma to another community we have to own it and we have to seek to remedy it,” Jackson said. “People need to be careful when they try to invoke the words and experience of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X and all others.
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