Nurse says hospital granted dad’s request for no black nurses near newborn

[SLM]

Yes. The difference in seating position had a definite effect on her on that day. As I understand it she sat there because she was tired. By not allowing her to sit there, she was discriminated against. If she was not taking that bus, she would not have been discriminated against even though the same policy was in effect.

But the policy in and of itself was discriminatory, so all black persons were discriminated against by it. My point being that act of discrimination exists separate from the weight of damage done. One could look at Rosa Park's situation and say the same thing, that there was no real damage inflicted upon her by what happened. But there of course was, to her dignity. This nurse, while I'm not saying she deserves the moon as compensation, certainly had similar damage.

Did you ever sit at the back of a bus on a long trip?? that's where all the farts end up...and I mean the stinky ones...not the old ones;-) and in the old days with no air conditioning???

You couldn't pay me to get on a bus, lol. Stinky farts aside, their timetables are all out of whack. I checked one day when my daughter was still in Kingston, the trip between Kingston and Toronto...it was something like 11 hours. 8O

 

[DaSleeper]

One yes one no and one yes and no..........We're getting somewhere:lol:

 

[SLM]

One yes one no and one yes and no..........We're getting somewhere:lol:

Definitely maybe possibly.

 

[DaSleeper]

I once refused a nurse to shave balls for a vasectomy pre-op, with no problems and I didn't tell the surgeon that the nurse was my niece (different last names) and just said I wasn't at ease with that particular nurse doing it...

 

[Goober]

I once refused a nurse to shave balls for a vasectomy pre-op, with no problems and I didn't tell the surgeon that the nurse was my niece (different last names) and just said I wasn't at ease with that particular nurse doing it...

That would have been approved.