That's
a ridiculous question and may actually be illegal. It may be asking
you to define your ethnic background (which can be illegal of an
employer to ask in an interview) and it sets you up to look racist.
If a white person said "I didn't fit in immediately because all the
other nurses were lazy fat black women who hate white people, so they
always set me up to take the fall for things," they look like a racist
prick. If a person who doesn't appear obviously Jewish says "All the
women in the NICU ward were making fun of Hanukkah and I stood up for
myself and yelled at them," they are disclosing they are Jewish, which
could land the employer in serious legal difficulty.
The most diplomatic way to answer it is to say that you were educated
around and have worked with people from all races, classes, and
religions. You see discrimination around you every day and it has
taught you to be sensitive and accepting of ALL people, not just those
who you identify with. Say that you go out of your way to be racially,
culturally, and religiously sensitive and that you love learning about
different cultures, religions, and races not just out of curiosity but
to make you a better nurse.
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