Please, No African American Nurses

[errand]

Originally Posted by baja

BTW I agree with you that Black on Black violence is a very real issue, nobody could deny that but tell me if it is not a socioeconomic problem what the underling issue that is the problem.

how about too many broken homes without fathers......happens more in black communities than any other....too many people in this country dismiss the importance of a positive male role model in the upbringing of a child.

[Pony Boy]

Originally Posted by houghtam

1) Pony already said he's not white.

2) If that's the case, it's deplorable and I think that Facebook should change their policy. In fact, I'll even write them an email about it.

3) It literally has nothing to do with the case.

As far as your other example goes, it would depend on the circumstances, but I'm sure the case could be made for the nurse that she felt threatened by the guy who requested no black nurses who had a swastika tattoo on his arm. A nurse could not, however, just refuse to serve a white guy for no other reason than "he's white".

And you're right, spdirty (and I) should probably not have said "illegal request", but rather "request which is illegal to grant". Small (but important?) distinction...somehow I think you understood what we meant, though.

I think you've wandered pretty far off the reservation here we are talking about a father's request to have no black nurses look after his baby in the neonatal intensive care. I’m pretty sure the baby didn't have a swastika tattoo or was any kind of threat.

Maybe he was afraid the black nurse wouldn’t hug the racists white baby but only gives out hugs to black babies, it does happen just look at the racist white rabbit.

[errand]

Originally Posted by Pony Boy

That could be a great country song.

Well it already is a rock and roll song....George wrote this after being sued by his former band mates John, Paul, and Ringo....of course George counter sued.

[errand]

Originally Posted by baja

The day we breed ourselves into all one color is the day racism will end/

...and yet we have liberals telling us we should embrace diversity....so when we're all the same color how will we be diverse?

But I wonder what the excuses will be if that happened? And if racism didn't exist because we were all the same color, then what comes next? We all become transexuals to stop sex discrimination? We become Logan's Run to stop age discrimination? we all become one religion to stop religious discrimination?

I was raised that not everyone is going to like me for whatever reasons they have.......and that calling me a name isn't going to determine what my life's outcome is going to be.

[errand]

Originally Posted by houghtam

You realize there's no lawsuit, right?

The people just asked for an apology and disciplinary action. In response, they got a letter from Disney offering them $500 in shut up money. It wasn't until then that they hired a lawyer. This is all in the video. It's a shame I have to repeat it.

If they hired a lawyer, they intend to sue....why else would they hire a lawyer?

[houghtam]

Originally Posted by Pony Boy

I think you've wandered pretty far off the reservation here we are talking about a (swastika tattoo-having) father's request (which would be illegal for the hospital to grant) to have no black nurses look after his baby in the neonatal intensive care. I’m pretty sure the baby didn't have a swastika tattoo or was any kind of threat.

Maybe he was afraid the black nurse wouldn’t hug the racists white baby but only gives out hugs to black babies, it does happen just look at the racist white rabbit.

Fixed your post to show you the facts that you left out. Facts that, while they're convenient for you to forget, won't be forgotten when this inevitably gets settled.

If you can't see the absurdity of the rest of the tripe you typed, we're done here until you can sufficiently explain how an apology and disciplinary action are okay under one situation, but when they're requested in a similar situation involving race, they're not deserved, and somehow now both parties are only in it for the money, despite one party turning down $500.

PS: It wouldn't matter if the baby were half-black with a birthmark that said "I love people of all colors, and so does my dad." The fact remains that any request based on race to limit what nurses can handle your baby is illegal for the hospital to grant. What part of that is too hard for you to understand?

If they hired a lawyer, they intend to sue....why else would they hire a lawyer?

Read. The. Article.

They hired the lawyer after they were offered $500 shut up money, which they refused, and stated they only wanted an apology and disciplinary action. I would have done the same.

[houghtam]

Oh look.

Precedent.

http://scholar.google.com/scholar_ca...47218935997244