A California politician sparked outrage by comparing her fight against face masks to Rosa Parks opposing segregation
"[Parks] finally took a stand and moved to the front," said Alexander."I'm getting pushed to the back of the bus. I'm telling you, I feel like I'm getting pushed to the back of the bus."mocked Alexander for the comments after a video of the meeting spread widely on social media.
"Wow. Watching her compare herself to Rosa Parks really took away my appetite," he said after playing a clip of Alexander's remarks."I'm a lot like Gandhi that way."Councilmember Zak Schwank during that meeting criticized her for drawing the comparison, according to the report. "Wearing a mask is not a civil rights issue, it's not a civil rights battle," Schwank said."Equating the two is offensive, and quite honestly, it breaks down all the work that we've done over the past year."
Rosa Parks is one of pivotal figures of the civil rights movement, who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott. Subscribe to push notificationsStart your day with the biggest stories in politics and the economy. Sign up for 10 Things in Politics.
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