Anti-Racism and Nursing Communication

You may have already started the journey to becoming an anti-racist. If you have been consciously and reflectively reading the previous chapters of this book, you may have developed an awareness and empathy related to the harmful impacts of racism and how they play out in health inequities. You may also have become more aware of how certain dominant narratives are continually reproduced, such as the narrative of “The Lady with the Lamp” dominating nursing history books. These narratives are slowly being dismantled as readers like you learn about the stories of Black nurse leaders such as Bailey, Salami, Cooper Brathwaite, and Onagbeboma.

But this is only the first step to being anti-racist.