Nearly half of health care workers have witnessed racism, discrimination, report shows

[Elessar Zappa]

1. I know this true.

When I was a CNA in a long term care center, we had an elderly black woman (the only black person I remember ever at that care center) that was in pain all the time from bone cancer. Colleagues would constantly say she was exaggerating her symptoms and she was never given adequate pain relief. I went to the head supervisor with my concerns and so he held a meeting regarding diversity and not letting personal bias get in the way of care. It did seem to help a bit.