Southgate Manor Suspends All Black Male Workers Over Alleged Rape

Reginald Hartsfield (pictured above), owner and president of Advantage Management Group, the company that owns Southgate Nursing Home, says he is only trying to do what is right when he suspended all of his black male workers over the alleged rape.

Southgate Manor, an African-American owned nursing home in Southgate, Mich., has suspended all of its Black male workers over an allegation that one of them raped a female patient, Fox 2 News Detroit reports.

Nether the racial identity nor the age of the patient who made the claim is known at this point. What is known is that the nursing home took all of its Black male workers off the job while it investigates the claim, which was made on Oct. 8. When Fox 2 went to the facility to ask about the decision to suspend the employees based on race, the manager told the reporter that no official statement was available.

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He referred the news crew to Reginald Hartsfield, the president and owner of Advantage Medical Group. Hartsfield, who owns eight nursing homes around the metro Detroit area, including Southgate Manor, said in a phone interview that he is simply trying to do the right thing to ensure safety.

“I get a description of the alleged assailant, we suspend the people that fit that description, and in this particular case the description was vague and basically they said it was a black male,” said Hartsfield by phone to Fox 2. “Temporary suspension with pay while we conduct our investigation.”

Though, Hartsfield’s reasoning is not fairing too well with Black people living in the area–including a brother and sister whose father is a resident of Southgate Manor.

Here is what they had to say about the race-based suspensions:

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