White Woman Sues After Receiving Black Sperm
I‘m back here working on being great and getting on top of things. Be impressed. Part of that means coming up with a schedule/action plan to get my Glamazini and stay at home life all the way together. That said, today is Website Wednesday! Get excited.
This Website Wednesday we’re talking about what we would do if we went to a sperm bank, asked for one race of sperm and got a different race … and found all this out while the baby produced from said sperm was chilling hard in our belly parts like “what?”. LOL … if you haven’t heard the story, this exact thing happened to a mother in Ohio and what she did was sue the sperm bank, that’s what she did. In one of the articles I read she mentioned that, beyond not getting what she requested she also sited the stress of raising a brown baby and worrying about how people would treat them in a not so racially inclusive white neighborhood and other such “Oops I may’ve been a racist who knew?” foolywang, and all I could think was “Welcome to the world of every black mother” … but yeah …
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Roshini Cope
Roshini Cope, aka Glamazini, is a life coach and video creator who gained a following for her natural hair tutorials, which evolved into authentic personal stories of healing with a consistent dash of humor. She is a black woman healing helping other black women heal, expand their self-awareness, reclaim their joy, and create the life they want. Work with Roshini 🤎✨🤎
7 Comments
BigTickles
God sure has a sense of humor! Maybe going through this experience is His way of revealing something in her; apparently she missed all the other lessons He was giving her (IMHO).
At the end of the day, what is her objective (it has been 2 years LADY!!)? All the money in the world is not going to help her family navigate through the racial prejudices that exist, regardless of where they stay.. I would suggest some LONG TERM counselling for her and her partner because she (or they) already feel that this is a “burden” and that feeling will eventually project onto the child (once again IMHO).
Once you become a mother, from my experience, NOTHING else matters. You talk about my child, you don’t get to breathe the same air as me buddy. You can not occupy my space, that goes for family, friends, people on the street, etc…. You become protective. You do whatever you have to do to protect them. So what you have to drive to another neighborhood to get her hair done.. I mean really, get on the YT and start practicing on a baby doll, it is not that hard! Which races another question, why is she even cutting that girl’s hair anyway?!?!? She is only 2!!
“She doesn’t want her mixed-race daughter, Payton, to feel the same pain because of the color of her skin.” (insert side eye). She is black, that is not going to change. The only thing the mother can do is change her attitude, approach and start instilling self-esteem into the baby. AND get you some JESUS!!!
I also do not understand where the economic stress outlined in the lawsuit comes in…how SWAY HOW!?!??!
glamazini
So how do you really feel? 😐 lol
BigTickles
Girl, she is basically asking for reparations. 😐 …. I can see if she was only suing to get the clinic to have better oversight in their system, BUT she took it ALL the way their with the “stress” of raising a black child. We deal with it everyday …every….day! Parents with children often look at neighborhoods to see if they are conducive for their children; people move all the time. Get with the program…whew! I am off to sing my spirituals because she has me fighting the air.
glamazini
LOL @ the spirituals. She did take it there with the stress comments. It’s revelatory concerning her thought processes and I just pray that little girl can be raised in a healthy environment that affirms who she is in total.
Elle
This is sad for so many reasons, but my heart goes out to this little girl in a serious way. Her biological mother brought her into this world without understanding that children aren’t always who you expect. That’s life for ALL parents, but that is a topic for another day. All I can hope is that this child is genuinely loved because I genuinely question her mother’s good sense, compassion and ethics. I find it hard to understand how a lesbian who has experienced discrimination herself feels that she could effectively shield a white child from discrimination, but can’t do the same for a black child. Does she really believe that she can shield her child from anything, regardless of race? Fine, we’re definitely not postracial, but we haven’t gotten past many of our other prejudices either; it’s foolish to believe otherwise. Ignorance is ignorance. Moving to a more diverse area will not guarantee that people won’t discriminate (or be outright hateful towards) the child because of her parents. And she seems poorly prepared to deal with any of that. And it seems she saw the potential to make some money off a clerical error (and some admittedly dumb practices) and at the expense of her child. I hope this little girl never hears about this or mistakes her mother’s lawsuit as an indication that anything is “wrong” with her. The lawsuit, in and of itself, is understandable. The claims are a window into how this woman thinks and operates, which is really sad.
glamazini
Great comment! This >> “without understanding that children aren’t always who you expect” is SO TRUE! *whew*
Mrslawrence79
I could understand being upset about the mix up. I can only imagine expecting a pretty brown baby who looks like me, only to be told, “welp, we’ve made a mistake, the father was asian.” Now that wasn’t what i signed up for, and i’d have initial concerns about how do I address the berage of questions i would inevitably have about this baby who only sortta looks like me.
HOWEVER, the fact that she’s siting the stress of raising a biracial child seems to indicate she see this child as a burden and not a blessing. And I find it further interesting that as a lesbian she’s worried about the impact that race will have on her child, but not as concerned about the unconventional make up on the child’s family. Ultimately this baby is part of her, good, bad, or indifferently. As with any family, they will have their share of challenges when raising a child. She needs to step up and meet them head and be thankful for the blessing that she received.