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Institutional racism is a form of racism that takes place in institutions like universities, banks or corporations. The difference between individual bigotry and institutional racism lies in the set policies and practices of an organization that discriminate against an ethnic group and subsequently disadvantage that particular group or race.
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Fast Facts
- Also known as "structural racism" or "systemic racism"
- The Black Panther Party's Stokely Carmichael coined the term "Institutional Racism"
- Affirmative action is a much debated response to institutional racism in higher education
- Institutional racism often involves racial profiling
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Institutional Racism in Practice
The results of institutional racism are most evident when minorities are barred from joining or attending various institutions such as schools and clubs. Victims of institutional racism may be denied fair access to resources such as health care, bank loans and employment opportunities. Other often cited examples of institutional racism are the unusually high proportion of minorities in American prisons and the disparity between the average incomes of minorities and white Americans. -
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People's Weekly World: "Institutional racism is still going strong"
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Mail & Guardian: "The infrastructure of racism is still intact"
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Institutional Racism: A Primer on Theory and Strategies for Social Change - $24.95
In the United States the economic exploitation of non-white groups has included the reliance on African American slave labor by Southern plantation owners, the systematic removal of Native Americans from their homelands to make room for whi...
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Amos 'n Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy (Institutional Use - Libraries/High Schools) - $75.00
Amos 'n Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy looks at the history of the Amos and Andy characters from their inception on radio to the first all black cast show on American TV in 1951. After the NAACP exerted pressure on CBS for what they percei...
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Institutional Racism in Higher Education - $32.50
This book reports on leading edge research on racism in higher education – a matter that has received far less attention in western societies than racism in schools. The book examines the evidence of institutional racism in higher educati...
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RT @djchuang: read: "the church is the primary institution perpetuating (institutional) racism in our society" via Divided By Faith
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RT @mosaix RT @moffou42 @djchuang "the church is the primary institution perpetuating (institutional) racism in our society"
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RT @moffou42 @djchuang "the church is the primary institution perpetuating (institutional) racism in our society" via Divided By Faith
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RT @djchuang read: "the church is the primary institution perpetuating (institutional) racism in our society" via Divided By Faith// yikes!
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