institutional racism

English

Noun

institutional racism (usually uncountable, plural institutional racisms)

1. Racism expressed in the practice of social and political institutions.
   • 1967, Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America‎^[1], page 4:

     Institutional racism relies on the active and pervasive operation of anti-black attitudes

   • 1970, Institutional Racism in America‎^[2]:
   • 1986, Discrimination American Style: Institutional Racism and Sexism‎^[3]:
   • 1990, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science‎^{"institutional+racism"}, volumes 507-509, page 54:

     classrooms; the inability of schools to promote equality; and institutional racism

   • 1996 preface page 9 to Univ of Massachusetts Press' reprint of "An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans" (originally published 1833 without preface)

     Institutional racism and socioeconomic barriers continue to operate against the advancement of African Americans, keeping the number in poverty

   • [2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Computers: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Codex entry:

     The geth serve as a cautionary tale against the dangers of rogue AI, and in Citadel Space they are technically illegal. Advocacy groups argue, however, that an AI is a living, conscious entity deserving the same rights as organics. They argue that continued use of the term "artificial" is institutionalized racism on the part of organic life, the term "synthetic" is considered the politically correct alternative.]

Related terms

• institutionalized racism
• systemic racism