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institutional racism

institutional racism noun: racism expressed in the practice of social and political institutions.

Noun

institutional racism (usually uncountable, plural institutional racisms)

  1. (usually) Racism expressed in the practice of social and political institutions.
    • Institutional racism relies on the active and pervasive operation of anti-black attitudes1967, Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America, page 4
    • classrooms; the inability of schools to promote equality; and institutional racism1990, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, volumes 507-509, page 54

institutional racism meaning in Tamil

institutional racism in Tamil

நிறுவனமய இனவாதம்

Forms of institutional racism

pluralinstitutional racisms

Questions about institutional racism

What does institutional racism mean?
Institutional racism means racism expressed in the practice of social and political institutions.
What is institutional racism in Tamil?
Institutional racism in Tamil is நிறுவனமய இனவாதம். See Institutional racism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is institutional racism?
Institutional racism is a noun.
What is the plural of institutional racism?
The plural of institutional racism is institutional racisms.

Words near institutional racism in the dictionary

  1. institutional frameworks
  2. institutional investor
  3. institutional investors
  4. institutional memories
  5. institutional memory
  6. institutional racism
  7. institutional racisms
  8. institutional religion
  9. institutional religions
  10. institutional syndrome
  11. institutionalese

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