As a nurse of color, I don't know. I'm tempted to say, "Honor her request." But that seems like giving in. Usually racism is more covert... I don't know the answer when it's this overt. I think...
You sound exactly like me when I was a new nurse-- a whopping 1 year and 10 months ago. I thought I was losing my mind because I was exactly like you-- and as a person coming in with 2 previous...