ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights the lack of support for Black nursing students facing personal difficulties, leading to a failure to complete their studies. Janice’s story provides insight into the intersection of race, gender, and class oppression. She narrates experiences of victimisation and reflects on the weaponisation of racialised stereotypes of Black women to prevent them speaking out. The exploitation of Black healthcare assistants during the COVID-19 pandemic is also laid bare by her experience, through disproportionate exposure in COVID 19 environments with an impossible workload. Her story highlights the moral injury that nurses suffered and the way the experience of racist overscrutiny led to fear of reprisals. Janice reflects on how speaking out has supported her, given her dignity, and helped her to feel valued.
