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In the discussion thread: Black Nurse Sues Hospital for Not Letting Her Take Care of White Baby [View all]

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Sat Feb 16, 2013, 01:31 PM

Bay Boy (1,004 posts)

95. The request by the father is repugnant...

...and I would have liked it if he been asked to go elsewhere.

I mentioned in a thread I started on this subject: Why would he choose to go to Hurley Hospital in Flint MI when he
could expect a large percentage of AA nurses working there?

Back to the nurses lawsuit; what loss did the RN have?

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170 replies	Author	Time	Post
Black Nurse Sues Hospital for Not Letting Her Take Care of White Baby [View all]	The Straight Story	Feb 2013	OP
I just can't wrap my brain around this type of ignorance.	Marrah_G	Feb 2013	#1
I know, why sue? She should be happy she had less work to do....	The Straight Story	Feb 2013	#2
You almost had me there for a moment	Marrah_G	Feb 2013	#4
What a Nut!	goclark	Feb 2013	#3
Yes and/but	elleng	Feb 2013	#6
How true.	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#27
Absolutely,	elleng	Feb 2013	#29
To quote my favorite line from the old TV series "ER".....	llmart	Feb 2013	#151
SO the Hospital Abides??!!	lunasun	Feb 2013	#103
The hospital will lose this one, as well it should.	elleng	Feb 2013	#5
As sick and vile the request by the parent was...	FarPoint	Feb 2013	#11
Because it is illegal to discrimate re: race	obamanut2012	Feb 2013	#14
Such similar requests happen every day in a medical-clinical setting.	FarPoint	Feb 2013	#19
Assuming the hospital benefits from Federal funds,	elleng	Feb 2013	#31
"trust relationship"	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#33
The hospital should've requested the man transfer his infant to another hospital.	Honeycombe8	Feb 2013	#38
Ah but if they do that...	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#45
But the Nazi has no basis in law to sue. Protest, yes. Nothing can be done about that.	Honeycombe8	Feb 2013	#48
Many said that the KKK didn't have a case either.	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#57
That's a freedom of expression case. There is a basis in law for it. There is none for requesting...	Honeycombe8	Feb 2013	#65
that's not the KKK...the KKK is a designated terrorist group in the US. Those are Nazis...I know,..	uponit7771	Feb 2013	#87
I think you responded to the wrong post. I didn't mention the KKK. nt	Honeycombe8	Feb 2013	#101
Shot themselves in the foot when they named names.	TheMadMonk	Feb 2013	#162
I would have to believe safety was part of the reason	Arcanetrance	Feb 2013	#80
That's not a legal defense. If someone is concerned about safety, they are supposed to call the law.	Honeycombe8	Feb 2013	#102
I agree it wasn't the proper choice	Arcanetrance	Feb 2013	#104
Doubt it.	elleng	Feb 2013	#43
They knew they were between a rock and a hard place.	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#60
Putting emotions aside And how	LukeFL	Feb 2013	#92
The difference is that there is a federal law prohibiting discrimination on race. He could've asked	Honeycombe8	Feb 2013	#36
However, it is the patient/ parent of the child, not the hospital that had a problem.	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#44
It's a dilemma. Seems they didn't give that reason (safety), and they didn't transfer the baby	Honeycombe8	Feb 2013	#46
I can say that the hospital will find precedent for doing what they did..	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#50
Hospitals don't find precedent. Courts do. This has been litigated before.	Honeycombe8	Feb 2013	#66
This case will set no precedent.	Hassin Bin Sober	Feb 2013	#63
Yes it will.	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#68
um, the father is not the patient	magical thyme	Feb 2013	#98
The parents speak for the child.	FarPoint	Feb 2013	#100
Then you may want to contact that hospital's law dept. because they disagree with you	magical thyme	Feb 2013	#106
This will be an intresting Court case.	FarPoint	Feb 2013	#107
Agreed.	magical thyme	Feb 2013	#110
The patient is a baby that does not know those "beliefs" yet.	Jamastiene	Feb 2013	#113
On the contrary...	FarPoint	Feb 2013	#115
It is a hospital serving the public, and has to abide by the laws of the land.	still_one	Feb 2013	#156
If the request was made without inferring the reason was due to race or ethnicity, it would not be	still_one	Feb 2013	#155
NO NO NO...A truly good hospital would have...	SkyDaddy7	Feb 2013	#157
while the hospital	sabbat hunter	Feb 2013	#51
Let him flip out	FrodosPet	Feb 2013	#90
That's not how it works, unfortunately	Scootaloo	Feb 2013	#77
Please cite the law that states patients have the absolute right to choose the ethnicity/religion	Blue_Tires	Feb 2013	#128
Hmmm, may just be nursing homes.	Scootaloo	Feb 2013	#130
My father was a doctor for 35 years	Blue_Tires	Feb 2013	#131
obamanut said it:	elleng	Feb 2013	#15
Because the hospital hired the nurse based on training and skill	malaise	Feb 2013	#16
It's tough. They had to reassign temporarily, and ask the man to move his infant to another hosp.	Honeycombe8	Feb 2013	#39
you need far more help than can be provided here	Skittles	Feb 2013	#147
Excuse me???????????	FarPoint	Feb 2013	#149
oh, LOLOL!	Skittles	Feb 2013	#150
Because it was based on race, and that violates the civil rights act	still_one	Feb 2013	#154
Un... I think for the safety of the nurse, the hospital did right.	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#21
By that same logic, an unarmed Nazi can walk into a bank	Jamastiene	Feb 2013	#114
That is not the same and you know it.	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#116
Not the same? You just compared this to a Nazi group's right to have a parade	CreekDog	Feb 2013	#118
I am on the money.	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#122
should have told the father to take his business elsewhere.	robinlynne	Feb 2013	#53
The father should have thought of this BEFORE,	elleng	Feb 2013	#55
I hope she sues the father also	newfie11	Feb 2013	#7
He didn't break the law. nt	Honeycombe8	Feb 2013	#40
They should have told him to get out and take his nazi baby with him.	xilify	Feb 2013	#8
That simple n/t	malaise	Feb 2013	#17
Yep, except keep the Nazi baby	wickerwoman	Feb 2013	#18
And then the NAZI family wins a big payout for negligence	Confusious	Feb 2013	#34
The hospital had no duty to perform an illegal request.	Hassin Bin Sober	Feb 2013	#64
It was not an illegal request and the hospital has a legal duty to treat	pediatricmedic	Feb 2013	#73
The request itself wasn't illegal.	Hassin Bin Sober	Feb 2013	#74
This message was self-deleted by its author	Confusious	Feb 2013	#76
There's no such thing as a Nazi baby!	PaddyIrishman	Feb 2013	#93
Poor baby.	postulater	Feb 2013	#9
Amen	leftynyc	Feb 2013	#59
Amen +1	aptal	Feb 2013	#99
+1000 Da*n Right!	southern_belle	Feb 2013	#127
+1000	smirkymonkey	Feb 2013	#81
Truth. That poor baby's last link to loving kindness will be the nurse 'dad' hated. nt	Nay	Feb 2013	#83
The request of the parent is indeed	FarPoint	Feb 2013	#10
Hell,	wickerwoman	Feb 2013	#20
I imagine nurses and such medical professionals	FarPoint	Feb 2013	#22
Well, she was reassigned. She wasn't terminated. Unless she chose to move on.	Honeycombe8	Feb 2013	#41
As a male in the medical field...	Skeletor	Feb 2013	#97
If true, the nurse will win this hands down	obamanut2012	Feb 2013	#12
I'm not sure this is a slam-dunk case....	FarPoint	Feb 2013	#25
Add to it...	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#30
There better have been some demonstrable overt threats - such threats ...	Hassin Bin Sober	Feb 2013	#67
I take it you never been around this type of people.	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#69
Maybe hospitals in Michigan and Idaho should....	Hassin Bin Sober	Feb 2013	#70
Unnn, nah...they can't use that for racist reasons...get the racist out not the employee	uponit7771	Feb 2013	#84
You are correct, patient rights has a LOT of weight	pediatricmedic	Feb 2013	#32
Yeap....this is an ethical/public opinion win for the nurse	FarPoint	Feb 2013	#42
but I dont think that particular belief system counts as a belief system. It breaks the law.	robinlynne	Feb 2013	#54
right, and the law is well established on discrimination	uponit7771	Feb 2013	#85
If the hospital felt the Father posed a threat to the Nurse's safety, she should have been informed…	Journeyman	Feb 2013	#13
If she decided to keep taking care of the child...	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#23
+1	uponit7771	Feb 2013	#86
That poor child. Born to such a family.	Solly Mack	Feb 2013	#24
The father may be a white supremist	riverbendviewgal	Feb 2013	#26
I'm torn here....	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Feb 2013	#28
Seems to me the hospital was inbetween a rock and hard place.	Confusious	Feb 2013	#35
"The hospital more than likely rather have an angry nurse than a severely hurt or dead one."	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#37
That's bullshit...The hospital brass were cowards in this and you know it	Blue_Tires	Feb 2013	#132
I rather have a live nurce. n/t	Lady Freedom Returns	Feb 2013	#139
Thats how I feel...	Earth_First	Feb 2013	#61
What the fuck year is this?.......................	mrmpa	Feb 2013	#47
I........what?? WTF	Skittles	Feb 2013	#49
He should have been given an immediate vasectomey.	smirkymonkey	Feb 2013	#82
holy shit. she should sue.	robinlynne	Feb 2013	#52
What happens if its the opposite...the nurse is forced to care for the nazi parents child	dkf	Feb 2013	#56
What if the nurse, offended by the tattoo, refused to care for the child? nt	Skip Intro	Feb 2013	#62
Lot's of bad things can happen to the nurse	pediatricmedic	Feb 2013	#72
is that the only thing you can think of commenting here?	CreekDog	Feb 2013	#119
What if everybody refused to play your little game?	Skip Intro	Feb 2013	#120
Presented with racism against a black person	CreekDog	Feb 2013	#125
What if frogs had wings?	Jamastiene	Feb 2013	#134
Read. I was replying to a what-if post with another what-if.	Skip Intro	Feb 2013	#135
because in practice, you take issue with and try to change the subject when racism against blacks...	CreekDog	Feb 2013	#140
your empty and unfounded accusatory bs just makes me	Skip Intro	Feb 2013	#141
the other poster noticed it too	CreekDog	Feb 2013	#142
Oh CD, what would DU do without you going around accusing other DUers	Skip Intro	Feb 2013	#143
No, it was you that got mocked and criticized in Meta	CreekDog	Feb 2013	#144
.	Skip Intro	Feb 2013	#145
I don't see anything earth shattering in those	CreekDog	Feb 2013	#146
That's called doing one's job...	LanternWaste	Feb 2013	#148
Is it a requirement that one must provided services to those who	dkf	Feb 2013	#160
The baby was at the hospital for weeks.	Nine	Feb 2013	#58
more info here	Nine	Feb 2013	#71
Amazing the hospital is this ignorant. n/t	Demo_Chris	Feb 2013	#75
Maybe They Were Afraid He'd Come Back w/a Gun	otohara	Feb 2013	#94
If that's Hurly Medical Center in Flint Michigan,	defacto7	Feb 2013	#78
reported second-hand via the british murdoch rag "daily mail". i have my doubts.	HiPointDem	Feb 2013	#79
I agree regarding the Daily Mail. However, this is confirmed by local accounts and CNN.	Nine	Feb 2013	#88
Well, it's not like the OP cited the WSWS, after all. nt	msanthrope	Feb 2013	#126
To be fair to the hospital.........	OceanEcosystem	Feb 2013	#89
The hospital knows it was wrong.	Nine	Feb 2013	#91
It obnoxious to think there are people on DU defending	Jamastiene	Feb 2013	#117
That's how I know I've stayed at DU a little too long...	Blue_Tires	Feb 2013	#129
amen	DonCoquixote	Feb 2013	#158
Huh? (nt)	Nine	Feb 2013	#159
The request by the father is repugnant...	Bay Boy	Feb 2013	#95
What loss did the RN have, you ask?	Nine	Feb 2013	#96
Ummm...her dignity? Respect?	ScreamingMeemie	Feb 2013	#123
How about her right to do her job in a workplace free of discrimination and intimidation??	Blue_Tires	Feb 2013	#133
This is almost beyond words.	Motown_Johnny	Feb 2013	#137
She was discriminated against and humiliated	gollygee	Feb 2013	#163
Her loss: she was legally discriminated against	obamanut2012	Feb 2013	#166
This message was self-deleted by its author	Shankapotomus	Feb 2013	#105
Poor baby born to a father like that. Let's hope s/he breaks the cycle. nt	Doremus	Feb 2013	#108
Wish there was a way they could take that baby away from those racist pieces of shit	cherish44	Feb 2013	#109
How is this any different	roxy1234	Feb 2013	#111
I hope she can get a hefty amount and a job at a better place.	Jamastiene	Feb 2013	#112
Hospitals are known for throwing nurses under the bus	rainbow4321	Feb 2013	#121
My hospital actually has a policy specifically regarding a scenario like this.	Butterbean	Feb 2013	#124
How is the third sentence below in the same article with the other two?	skypilot	Feb 2013	#136
They not only should have told Young Adolf to shove it,	KamaAina	Feb 2013	#138
There were no grounds to call CPS	obamanut2012	Feb 2013	#167
Making such an outrageous demand about his child's care	KamaAina	Feb 2013	#170
Another bad thing about this is that racists have babies and raise new racists.	Lint Head	Feb 2013	#152
Actually the issue was the hospital following the racist's request. However, should the hospital be	still_one	Feb 2013	#153
The dad is a neo-Nazi and they DIDN'T call Children's Services?	Ken Burch	Feb 2013	#161
It isn't illegal to be a Neo Nazi	obamanut2012	Feb 2013	#165
The hospital was wrong, but it was a tricky situation	sir pball	Feb 2013	#164
Message auto-removed	Kevski	Feb 2013	#168
Care to expand on that thought?	Nine	Feb 2013	#169

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