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In reply to the discussion: Two Black Women Walk Into The Grocery Store . . . [View all]Rozlee
(2,529 posts)I was told I got a slot as an RN student at a college because I was a minority (Hispanic). This boggled my mind because I'd been working at the Beckley VA for 3 years as an LPN, watching student nurse rotations and except for one East Indian-American student, there had not been one single minority among those nursing students doing their clinicals at the hospital. Besides, I hadn't indicated that I was a minority student and I don't have a Spanish surname since I'm married to an Anglo. And how could they claim minorities got special treatment? The hospital itself had only two African-American RN's and they'd exiled one to the nursing home floor and the other one was a nurse practitioner that had transferred from out-of-state and died while she was working there. Her death doesn't bear delving into. See your mail.