"White" couple sues over Black Baby
A New York couple is suing a fertility clinic because of a sperm mix-up. Their youngest daughter is not the offspring of the husband. She is noticeably darker than the rest of the family.
I’ve read of several problems with fertility clinics recently from sperm samples being lost to some discarded in error. The desire for a child is a serious matter. I don’t trivialize it but take a look at another issue regarding this latest family.
The couple claims to be white although the mother is from the Dominican Republic. It seems as though this might be a major problem for this entire family. Although they proclaim their love for the child, there is an obvious denial that the mother is Black. I know a lot of Dominicans. I don’t know one that I would consider white. Black is a color not an origin. Get over it. Denying your Blackness doesn’t change who you really are.
How mentally healthy is that home environment for this young child? Just looking at the photo of the family, it’s clear that the mother is not white. She says she is but she is not.The child needs to be taught to be proud of her Blackness and so does the mother. That’s the way I see it.
2 comments:
hey vanessa! many dominicans may not deny their blackness, but there in the DR, many do deny their blackness. they would prefer to be anything other than black, let them be mixed, blanc, india, etc. haitians are black, which to many is a terrible thing. i'm not surprised by this.. yes... i say the same. get over it.
Thanks for the response. In Miami I find that many Black Latinos: Cuban, PR, Dominican, etc. choose to identify as Hispanic and become angry when referred to as Black.
I also understand where that comes from as Blacks tend to be portrayed negatively. It's important for the power structure to keep Blacks separate. People of color are actually the majority in the world. As long as we don't recognize that and unite, the structure remains, the moment attempt to unite as Black people the structure goes into major "TILT" mode.
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