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boston bean

(36,221 posts)
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 08:09 PM Feb 2013

Racist father forbid AA nurse to handle new baby ~Hospital obliges [View all]

A nurse is suing a hospital, claiming it agreed to man's request that no African-Americans care for his baby.

The lawsuit accuses managers at Hurley Medical Center in Flint of reassigning Tonya Battle, who has worked at the facility for 25 years, based on the color of her skin.

The man approached Battle, while she was caring for his child in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, asking to speak to her supervisor, according to the complaint filed in January by Battle's attorney.

She pointed the charge nurse in his direction.

The man, who is not named in the filing, allegedly showed her a tattoo that may have been "a swastika of some kind" and told her that he didn't want African-Americans involved in his baby's care.


http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/16/us/michigan-hospital-discrimination/index.html

WTF! How could the hospital allow this, and why does the racist asshole father get to keep his anonymity?
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Good questions. I would like to know too. Let him take his kid to a KKK hospital. MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #1
That happened to my sister 50 years ago madashelltoo Feb 2013 #2
not following. boston bean Feb 2013 #3
My sister was African American nurse madashelltoo Feb 2013 #10
Discussed yesterday. elleng Feb 2013 #4
would you like me to delete for dupe? nt boston bean Feb 2013 #5
No, not at all. elleng Feb 2013 #6
Boggling if the allegations are true. Why would the hospital think DirkGently Feb 2013 #7
My first concern JimDandy Feb 2013 #8
We can't cower in fear every time someone has a scary tattoo. Nine Feb 2013 #17
There were two opposing principles at play here. JimDandy Feb 2013 #21
The CNN article in the OP plus this one: Nine Feb 2013 #27
The hospital really did screw up. JimDandy Feb 2013 #30
There's already the same thread elsewhere. n/t. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #9
Something that egregious needs as many threads as it takes to make the even known. shraby Feb 2013 #11
I didn't see the other thread, but I saw this one lunatica Feb 2013 #29
Same here. JimDandy Feb 2013 #31
What was this dad afraid of? That it'd rub off? calimary Feb 2013 #12
Disgraceful on the part of hospital management magical thyme Feb 2013 #13
They allow it because he's the father. Deep13 Feb 2013 #14
It was well established in the other thread that the hospital had no such obligation to the father. Nine Feb 2013 #16
Well, I didn't see the other thread. Deep13 Feb 2013 #24
Well, that's why I was providing the information again. Nine Feb 2013 #26
I remember being shocked at a fellow employee at a bank where I worked angstlessk Feb 2013 #15
Employers are not allowed to discriminate to appease racist customers. nt geek tragedy Feb 2013 #18
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2013 #25
Yup, as I said in the other thread obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #28
FFS. Someone tell SFB skin color can't be passed on. Can't believe he got away with this! freshwest Feb 2013 #19
The hospital should have Ilsa Feb 2013 #20
I'd obliged him and his baby right out to the fucking gutter RB TexLa Feb 2013 #22
Dumbass racist-come-lately. That would be considered fucked up even in the Antebellum South! Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #23
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