Here is a social research project you can do the next time you go to the grocery store.
Count the number of people who still wear masks in public, and note their gender and race.
Then calculate the percentage of Mask Clingers™ who are beneficiaries of any Federal "racial and gender equity" policies and programs.
Is your calculation > 95% ?
I have noticed when I go to the grocery store those few who are wearing masks fit the demographics you described.
They are signifying to the world their obedience to their masters.