Fired for Cowboys & Indians: Iowa Worker's Unemployment Battle
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Lisa Bartels, a child services worker in Iowa, was fired for playing cowboys and Indians and singing a nursery rhyme with autistic kids, deemed racist by her bosses. Despite her denial of racist intent and her daughters Native American heritage, she was disqualified for misconduct in an unemployment hearing. Bartels, a Christian conservative, kept her views private at work to avoid conflict.
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