Mich. hospital denies honoring father's racial request
...Last month, Battle, an African American, filed a lawsuit contending that the hospital prohibited her from caring for an infant last year because a man objected to her race.
She said the problem occurred when the father of a newborn found her caring for his child in October. When she asked to see his identification as he reached toward the child, he demanded to see her supervisor, she told the Detroit Free Press on Monday. According to Battle, a note was placed on the assignment chart that read: "No African-American nurse to take care of baby..."
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