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JimDandy

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30. The hospital really did screw up.

Reply to Nine (Reply #27)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 04:32 PM

Feb 2013

Taking care of an immediate threat is one thing, but weeks of pandering to the father--good grief!

"ABC12 has obtained a copy of a note the lawsuit claims was prominently posted on the assignment clipboard. It reads "Please, No African American Nurses to care for Baby per Dad's request. Thank you."

At some point after, according to the lawsuit, a Hurley attorney advised the nurse manager they couldn't do what they were doing and the father was told his request could not continue.

"After that, there still was this practice to discriminate against the African American employees and no African American nurses cared for that baby," said Julie Gafkay, who is the attorney for the nurse who is suing."

Hope she wins big.

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Racist father forbid AA nurse to handle new baby ~Hospital obliges [View all] boston bean Feb 2013 OP

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