%0 Journal Article
%T "In the end, we had to leave": Truth-telling to unsettle whiteness in nursing academia.
%A Sandhu RD
%A Liao C
%J Nurs Outlook
%V 72
%N 5
%D 2024 Jul 26
%M 39067109
%F 3.315
%R 10.1016/j.outlook.2024.102228
%X Nursing is renowned for its high ethical standards and is considered one of the most trusted professions globally, yet it has deep historical ties to Eurocentric and white supremacist ideologies. These entrenched ideologies in nursing raise significant concerns regarding equity, diversity, and inclusion within the profession as they shape nursing education, research, and practice. Western nursing institutions are deeply engrained in a system designed to center and uphold whiteness, which frequently serves to safeguard dominant groups in power while detrimentally affecting faculty from underrepresented backgrounds. Consequently, faculty members from underrepresented groups depart academia due to systemic racism and inadequate institutional accountability and support. To decenter whiteness in nursing, we have shared our experiences to underscore how systems of oppression marginalize underrepresented faculty in nursing academia.