Dr Cramblett White Privilege Essay

This essay discusses white privilege in the United States through the eyes of a middle class white woman who seems overwhelmed by an accident that changed her life. Jennifer Cramblett a 36 year old women and her unknown partner filled for a sperm donor and were hapily accepted, now simply had to complete the proccess by artificially inseminating herself with the sperm. But they were mistaken because the couple not only received the wrong sperm, but received an african american sample rather than the "blond hair, blue eyed, caucasian" sample they had asked for. Realizing this only after she was roughly five months pregnant the donor clinic sent her back her money with a full refund. Two years later Cramblett decided to sue the company not solely for medical malpractice, but also for the emotional …show more content…
I will discuss why the way Cramblett is going about this situation is detremental to the black community. Furthermore, how it is not helping the LGBT community either. She should be using the opportunity to help rather than hurt, and if she is going to be selfish in the way she goes about it, she should be upfront rather than lying to herself and her community. I will be using four articles to help explain why this is the case. White Mom 's Lawsuit Over Black Baby Exposes Ugly Truths About White Privilege by Derrick Clifton. White Woman Learns What It’s Like To Be A Black Mother, Sues by Elie Mystal. The Two Different Worlds of Black and White Fraternity Men: Visibility and Accountability as Mechanisms of Privilege by Rashawn Ray and Jason. A. Rosow help explain this through the difference in treatment in terms of black fraternities and white fraternities in America. Finally, an article by Leslie Hollingsworth about the possible lack of racial identity that comes with being transracially adopted or