Institutional racism facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

Institutional racism is a form of racism that are in social institutions. It is also called systemic racism because it is in the systems that make up society. People usually think of racism as being thoughts of hate and prejudice against other races, but institutional racism means that those feelings are present in the ways people interact with each other.

Institutional racism is not new, but the term is. It was invented by civil rights leaders Stokely Carmichael and Charles V. Hamilton.

North America
- United States
  - Housing
- Canada
Europe
- United Kingdom
Australia
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North America

United States

Institutional racism is a huge issue in the US.

Housing

In the past, Black Americans were not allowed to live in certain neighborhoods. For example, banks would not give them loans to live in the same neighborhoods as white people. As a result, many Black people now live in places that have high rates of poverty and lack of access to resources like parks and good schools.

Canada

Europe

United Kingdom

Australia

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Minnesota Historical Society Location No. HD2.3 r7 Negative No. 10222 "Mixed blood (Indian and French) fur trader" ca. 1870
Joyce Echaquan, on the lake shore, 1999
Malaysian bumiputera supremacists protesting against the elimination of racial discrimination against citizens of different ethnic groups
Iberville Housing Projects in New Orleans, Louisiana
Bracero program
Interior Azteca Theater, Houston, Texas, 15 July 1927
US Civil Service Commission Seal EO11096
Kate T. Zeis, photo for U.S. Civil Service Commission card – NARA – 285491