TY - JOUR
T1 - 'You Don't Have Any Business Being This Good'
T2 - An Oral History Interview with Bernardine Lacey
AU - Lewenson, Sandra B.
AU - Graham-Perel, Ashley
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Racism left an indelible mark on Bernardine Lacey and her professional growth as a nurse, including roles as an educator, political advocate, researcher, clinician, and leader. This article uses oral history methods to detail, in Lacey's own words, experiences from her childhood and early in her education and career. Her story allows for an exploration of some of the difficult truths about racism, the culpable role of nursing in this history, and the impact of historical accounts on the profession's current inclusivity and diversity efforts.
AB - Racism left an indelible mark on Bernardine Lacey and her professional growth as a nurse, including roles as an educator, political advocate, researcher, clinician, and leader. This article uses oral history methods to detail, in Lacey's own words, experiences from her childhood and early in her education and career. Her story allows for an exploration of some of the difficult truths about racism, the culpable role of nursing in this history, and the impact of historical accounts on the profession's current inclusivity and diversity efforts.
KW - discrimination
KW - diversity
KW - nursing history
KW - oral history
KW - racism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088883835&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85088883835&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000694564.56696.ad
DO - 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000694564.56696.ad
M3 - Article
C2 - 32732477
AN - SCOPUS:85088883835
SN - 0002-936X
VL - 120
SP - 40
EP - 47
JO - American Journal of Nursing
JF - American Journal of Nursing
IS - 8
ER -