Skip to content

*

Students, Staff and Faculty: Submit Instances of Bias Found Here!

(Students can enter to win a $50 gift card with each submission! New lottery drawing each quarter.) 

Submit Here!

 

Accessible Accordion

Step 1: Critically appraise assigned course materials for instances of bias
Step 2: Submit instances of bias found using the above “SUBMIT HERE!” button

Important Tips:

  • Reduce harm to students, staff, faculty, and patients from BIPOC and other historically marginalized communities
  • Equip graduates with skills to identify and dismantle structural racism and other forms of oppression as it manifests in text, visual and audio media
  • Influence publishers to align content with anti-racist and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) principles
  • Support alignment of UW School of Nursing curriculum with anti-racist and DEI principles
  • Use anonymized data collected for a Quality Improvement project related to anti-racism and equity in nursing

Click on the video below to watch the history of the Anti-Racism & Course Materials Project, initially titled Centering Historically Marginalized Groups in Nursing Education Textbooks.

“Racism and discrimination are deeply embedded in U.S. society and its institutions, and the nursing profession is no exception. Nurse leaders can play an important role in acknowledging the history of racism within the profession and in helping to dismantle structural racism and mitigate the effects of discrimination and bias on health” (National Academies, 2021, p.11).

This project aligns with goals stated by the:

Demonstrate critical interrogation of positionality, recognition of implicit biases, as well as knowledge and application of anti-racism principles to promote health equity.

Learn More About This Project:

 

May, 2025