I have to admit that out of all the professions out there, nursing is one area where I just don't think about racism as much, and I guess in some ways you can chalk it up to the human element - the "do-gooder" piece of the job that should trump anything having to do with racism - that human interaction - but like everything else, there's the side we sometimes don't see.
Check out some of the snippets from an article up at nurse.com:
... Smith Williams has heard professors voice assumptions that black nursing students could not conceptualize or formulate abstract thoughts from their learning and experiences ...I don't know about you, but I'm thinking they have some work to do sooner rather than later.
... For example, nurses and physicians [from other units] seek out Caucasian RNs when looking for the person in charge ...
... There's a long history of some institutions treating Filipino and other foreign-educated nurses differently ...
... To admit to the presence of racism in health care is something that most in nursing do reluctantly ...