owl Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Bad Doctors Made A Baby Black! The Long Island couple who are raising a half-black baby as a result of a Park Ave. fertility clinic's mistake got a judge's go-ahead yesterday to sue the clinic for malpractice. They're also trying hard not to come off as racist assholes' date=' but it's tricky. The line between 'we love our daughter' and 'we would like to return this defective product' is a fine one, it seems! "While we love Baby Jessica as our own, we are reminded of this terrible mistake each and every time we look at her," legal documents quote the couple as saying. Also, "We fear that our daughter will be the object of scorn and ridicule by other children, both in school and as she grows up." Well, of course she will now.[/quote'] One of the comments in the Gawker article is pretty funny: Everybody watch out. The man has that crazed-gunman gleam in his eye. His scant masculinity has been dashed to the floor by lab technicians and heads are going to roll. Actual article: New York Daily News Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 awww snap! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Husband: Honey, why does our baby look black??Wife: Uhhhh....must be some sort of medical mistake. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I don't see that as racist per se. The parents expected a child to be made from their own genetic material - i.e. the mother's eggs and the father's sperm. The fact that the child has darker skin than either parent serves as a visual reminder that the doctors made a mistake. They don't hate the child because it is part black, but they are clearly (and understandably) disappointed that what they were promised - a union of both parents' dna - is not what they received. While their statement can clearly benefit from some massaging of the language, I don't think they are exposing themselves as white supremacists. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Both those girls are dark, like mom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Both those girls are dark, like the gardner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 The couple tested their daughter's DNA using a home kit and later with two more sophisticated methods. All three of the tests confirmed their suspicions - the tot has a different father. That's the crux of the case, right there. They paid for a service they did not receive. Had the father whose DNA got in been another white guy, they may well have never known. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 [quote name='JUDE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 That's the crux of the case, right there. They paid for a service they did not receive. Had the father whose DNA got in been another white guy, they may well have never known. I agree, but I'm more interested in their statements that illustrate their ulterior motives, like: "While we love Baby Jessica as our own, we are reminded of this terrible mistake each and every time we look at her."And- "We fear that our daughter will be the object of scorn and ridicule by other children, both in school and as she grows up."Huh? They live in NYC? I think that people there are pretty tolerant of interracial kids. That's just bullshit. The problem is that they want large monetary compensation for this, so they have to make it out like a horrible, emotional ordeal that has caused countless mental damages and will even hurt the child in the long run, blah blah. Sure, it's a shitty situation, but they're not just trying to fix a bad situation here, they're going for the gold! Plus, what happens when the kid is a teenager, she finds the article, and sees that her parents called her a "terrible mistake"? And, of course, they could also just dislike blacks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 They may well not like blacks, but I wouldn't make that assumption on the basis of them being upset because their doctor made a mistake. Having a child is a very personal thing - many people, it would seem, very much prefer to have their children actually be their children. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Huh? They live in NYC? I think that people there are pretty tolerant of interracial kids. That's just bullshit. I think they are worried about getting made fun of not because of her race perse, but because she won't look like mom and dad, and she's not adopted. Kids can be cruel, and would pick up on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 Seems like a pretty big logical jump for a kid to make, but hey, kids are smart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 The problem is that they want large monetary compensation for this, not a problem...they deserve it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Everyone who's posted in this thread has a shitty avatar right now, including myself, excluding Ninjas Liverwurst.EDIT: Also excluding jmmj10101EDIT: Maybe excluding quarter23cd too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 jerk (not serious) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 jerkMaybe excluding you, but I haven't ever seen that movie, and I'm not a fan of the last three Clint movies that I have seen.EDIT: I got that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 You should rent Unforgiven. Do it! It's way better than The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, which is actually bad, contrary to popular belief. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 You should rent Unforgiven. Do it!It was inching its way up in my Netflix queue before I closed my account. Someday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 It was inching its way up in my Netflix queue before I closed my account. Someday.You're right about the avatars, but why in the name of Baphomet P. Jones did you close your Netflix account? Are you OK? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 You're right about the avatars, but why in the name of Baphomet P. Jones did you close your Netflix account? Are you OK?We decided to begin using our local video store. They're good fellas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Everyone who's posted in this thread has a shitty avatar right now, including myself, excluding Ninjas Liverwurst.EDIT: Also excluding jmmj10101EDIT: Maybe excluding quarter23cd too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Way to bring up the average. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 We decided to begin using our local video store. They've got Goodfellas.Netflix carries that one too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Both those girls are dark, like mom.Right. They look like full-blooded sisters. As in, they look like they share the same parents. Obviously that's not the case, but the color, itself, shouldn't be a big deal beyond the fact that the clinic screwed up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 We decided to begin using our local video store. They're good fellas.For a hoodie, I'd switch too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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