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institutionalized racism

institutionalized racism Institutionalized racism is racism built into a society’s laws, policies, and everyday institutional practices.

Institutionalized racism is racism built into a society’s laws, policies, and everyday institutional practices. It gives advantages to racial groups treated as superior while limiting access to resources, services, and opportunities for groups treated as inferior, often without any single identifiable perpetrator.

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