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Why Wearing Masks Makes Some of My Customers So Uncomfortable

Thoughts on White privilege from a retailer

Jessica Peterson White
Human Parts
Published in
4 min readJun 25, 2020

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A photo of the author wearing a face mask.
Photo courtesy of the author.

We opened the bookstore to the public a week ago last Thursday. We’re asking a few things of customers, including that they wear masks. It feels like a lot to ask my employees to expose themselves to aerosol droplets from people who come to our…

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Jessica Peterson White
Human Parts

Bookseller, city councilor, mother. Using this space to break s*** down.