ABSTRACT

Zoe Malcolm’s story highlights the pernicious racism faced by a student nurse. Her story recounts her personal struggle to challenge the discrimination she faced and the unwillingness of institutions to implement anti-racist policies effectively. She highlights the failure of both universities and hospitals to challenge racism. Her consistent refusal to accept racism and bullying beh her aviour led to her being victimised. It led her to be unable to pursue her nursing career. She advocates for radical action from Black and Brown nurses in order to remove whiteness as a normative standard and demand change.