Juli Riggs, a second year graduate student in the Biomedical Sciences program, talked to Dr. Anna Maria Valdez, professor and chair of nursing at Sonoma State University, about her DEI work and her responses to the comments below that she routinely hears. 

·  “I have been a nurse for XX years, and I have never seen racism in healthcare.”

·  “I am color blind.”

·  “I/we treat everyone the same.”

·  “What about the reverse racism I experience as a white person?”

·  “Increasing diversity in nursing means lowering standards.”