Kanani_Ikike

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  1. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    You are exactly right. I think most people realize that this is an issue that affects everyone. I am, too, glad that it persists and that the good outweighs the

  2. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you as well. I'm glad that this thread has been interesting and helpful to you. I am so glad to talk to so many people that are living and bringing their children up to be color-blind. Thanks...

  3. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    You have and I appeciate it. I haven't lost my focus by a couple of people attempting to throw this discussion off. I am glad that 99% of the posters of this thread have participated in a very...

  4. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    And that is sad. I don't know why people that are constantly discriminated against would want to discriminate against each other. That's a problem. Change won't come if everyone doesn't

  5. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    You are so right about a couple of people on the website. I thought I was at one of the Neo-Nazi websites for a moment when I read some of the things some people had to

  6. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, thank you very much for your words of encouragement. I'm not surprised anymore, just disappointed. I really thought that people were beginning to get away from such behavior. Sad to say that...

  7. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much. I would be honored to have a colleague such as you. I wish that everyone could be this

  8. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your post. I think that you make a great point. Oh, you ask where I live...In Alabama. There is not much diversity down here. Sadly to say, some people still function with an...

  9. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, harley, I'm sorry that this has been an upsetting experience. In your case, it was purely innocent. You made an honest mistake. The racist behavior involves more than just a mistaken identity....

  10. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Maisy, we are not dwelling on things of the past. We are talking about things that have occurred in 2007. Now the ones stuck in the past are the racist that choose to still practive hate. And...

  11. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your post. I am so glad you posted this. So many people just don't understand nor do they want to. You are an angel and I hope you colorblindness spreads amongst the rainbow of God's...

  12. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Maisy, I am so glad that there is so much love amongst your children and their peers. That's they way it should be. We shoudn't even look at the color of another person's skin, we should only care...

  13. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Now why does you not feeling the sympathy suprise me? I knew you didn't feel any and I didn't ask you for any. Like I told TrudyRN, why stick around on a thread you don't

  14. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you do know you are free soon as well, don't you? I'm like this: if this is something that you don't want to discuss, why stick

  15. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    oh, what a wonderful day it would be when we could all be treated

  16. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    So just because a few ignorant people that happen to be black use racial slurs, you want to know why you can't? Are you serious? It's not okay for anybody to use those slurs, I don't care what color...

  17. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this post. It's so right. While I have not been labled angry just yet (just give me a few more years of this and I will LOL!), I have heard black nurses who were degraded because they...

  18. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    You're welcome and thank you for your reply. Yes, the treatment that employees of color sometimes receive is often overlooked. Most of the time, the responses I have had was a discount of my...

  19. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry that you have, too, experienced discrimination as well. Yes, there have been times that I, too, maybe have taken things too seriously. But, more times than not, that wasn't the case. These...

  20. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your reply. Oh, I know that all people experience discrimination from others due to many different reasons. But right now, I'm talking about my experience. I feel that racial...

  21. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Tweety, I feel that you, as a male nurse, also face discrimination. I have seen male nurses treated as worse, if not worser, than other minority nurse. And there is also a lot of discrimination...

  22. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, motorcyclemama, your post touched my heart. I do believe that discrimination against overweight/obese people is on the rise. I feel that it's not addressed as much because so many people feel...

  23. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your reply. I'm sorry that you have experienced what so many minorities experience on a daily basis, not just at work. I feel that no one should have to go through it. But, I cannot just...

  24. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, Michigangirl. I sure hope that these patients see the person and not the color of the

  25. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I hope that by discussing such issues, it will allow others to veer into the experiences of those different from them. I believe that by talking about it, it helps us to cope and brings...