In written correspondence with Great Hearts officials, White said she would keep wearing BLM masks until the school instituted an “anti-racism action plan.”
“I will have to show up and get sent home,” White wrote. “I understand the consequences, but there is no way I could live with myself if I did not stay committed to this cause.” In a Facebook post, White didn’t mention masks; she said she was let go due to her anti-racism plan advocacy.
White, who teaches art, also said “It’s about morality, morality, morality. Truth, goodness, beauty, morality…What is moral about standing down and not supporting every student in your community?”
The now-former teacher contends school officials added masks to the dress code policy after she began wearing those with political messages. The school refused comment, but did say it has a policy “against any masks with ‘external messages.’”