Texas teacher loses job for wearing BLM mask
 

I can understand a school not wanting to take a political stance, but there's nothing political about saying that black lives matter.

It's a shame there's not a punchy and succinct phrase with the same meaning but unattached to any groups or movements.

Yes Politics like that
are Wrong

Have you ever considered that you might be the one who's wrong about this topic?

the thread title should say

Teacher claims she was sacked for wearing a BLM mask

as the school deny this claim

blm are a political organisation. Schools have problems with kids wearing tee shirts supporting causes and have banned them, because it causes unnecessary conflict and disrupts education. Teachers have to be held to the same standards

the school has a no messages on masks policy, she was asked to stop doing it she did not and posted VS pics of her wearing it on social media

she was sacked


A good day for the pupils going forward

There are good reasons for this tbh that shouldn't be thrown away, for (I would have thought) obvious reasons.

e.g. nurses aren't allowed to wear various badges/pins etc. that would be considered political. To try to claim that BLM is not political is obviously nonsense.

I saw that too LT. how things can get twisted.

In what way could it possibility cause unnecessary conflict and disrupt education though?

It's not even about what it specifically says, having messaging (any messaging) on clothing has the potential to cause various issues; schools (and many other workplaces) don't have the time or resources to consider each piece of clothing on a case-by-case basis so they have to have a blanket policy that side steps the issue - i.e. "no messaging on items of clothing". If a teacher won't comply with policy you can hardly expect her pupils to comply with policy... refusing the employer's dress code is misconduct... :shrug: there's no real way around it. If you're in employment and feel passionately against the dress code imposed by the employer that's fine, but your options are to either begrudgingly comply, find another job, OR you could try to gather support for changing the policy... but you don't just ignore it "in protest" and do whatever you want, then pretend to be surprised or outraged at being let go :umm2:. Sometimes I wonder if people have ever had jobs...

...this is an interesting thing actually...because I was reading about ‘The Hatch Act’ quite recently...it’s something in the USA regarding employees/employers and what is or isn’t allowed in a work place with ‘political’...and the act states BLM related things are not classed as political so it’s an employees right to wear such things.../...which was a quite recent amendment to the act...it’ll be interesting to follow if there is anything legal with this from the employee...

its not about political its a no messages on masks policy

end of

if it says S Club 7 are scum
or Bite me

its a no

Rules are rules I'm afraid.

i have to agree with this, otherwise teachers would not set a good example for the students

BLM is Left Wing Extreme Political

If someone gets upset over the idea that black lives matter, that person is a racist who thinks that black lives are not as important as white lives.

Not it's not good for Education
BLM is Extreme Left Wing

Quit clowning.

Spew your propaganda to someone else.

So do you think black lives don't matter?

Everyone is saying it,
it's not any propaganda.

Of course All people matter

But BLM is an Extreme Left wing group.


[The group’s radical Marxist agenda would supplant the
basic building block of society — the family — with the state and destroy the economic system
that has lifted more people from poverty than any other.
Black lives, and all lives, would be harmed.
Theirs is a blueprint for misery, not justice. It must be rejected.]


NY Post July 2020

Its not about that group its about messages on masks

simple rule to folow

People say black lives matter to remind people that black people matter just as much as everyone else, that's it, the teacher implied nothing else with that mask.