# New crime in Illinois - Wearing a medical mask while Black

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 10, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-crime-in-illinois-wearing-a-medical-mask-while-black/851506 "2020-04-10T15:06:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-crime-in-illinois-wearing-a-medical-mask-while-black/851506/21 "2020-04-14T17:32:43Z")

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I am absolutely and perfectly willing to call this a racial incident if I’m presented with enough evidence.

But right now, there is not enough evidence.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-crime-in-illinois-wearing-a-medical-mask-while-black/851506/22 "2020-04-14T23:52:32Z")

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> [@BrotherCadfael](#):
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> I seem to recall that most anti-mask laws were because of the KKK. At least in the Southern states.

Why not just have an anti hood law?

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**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-crime-in-illinois-wearing-a-medical-mask-while-black/851506/23 "2020-04-15T02:50:49Z")

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Relatedly, I just read an article by a Black person who said he had mixed feelings about making his family wear masks in public. He said, yes, wearing a mask diminishes the possibility of getting the disease. But it also increases the possibility of getting shot by police. He wasn’t sure which was worse.

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