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<p>'''Institutional or systemic racism''''' "explains how ideas of white superiority are captured in everyday thinking at a systems level: taking in the big picture of how society operates, rather than looking at one-on-one interactions. These systems can include laws and regulations, but also unquestioned social systems. Systemic racism can stem from education, hiring practices or access." -''Mary Frances O'Dowd'' <ref>https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-systemic-racism-and-institutional-racism-131152</ref> ''</p>
<p>'''Institutional or systemic racism''''' "explains how ideas of white superiority are captured in everyday thinking at a systems level: taking in the big picture of how society operates, rather than looking at one-on-one interactions. These systems can include laws and regulations, but also unquestioned social systems. Systemic racism can stem from education, hiring practices or access." -''Mary Frances O'Dowd'' <ref>https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-systemic-racism-and-institutional-racism-131152</ref> ''</p>


==Examples of systemic racism==
For examples of systemic racism, see our definitions page for prison industrial complex and the medical industrial complex.
 
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'''1. Showing up'''
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for rallies, marches, phonebanking, doorknocking, teach-ins, etc.
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'''2. Voting with the movement'''
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the cause (e.g., abortion, climate change, immigration) is the deciding factor in the active supporter’s vote
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at school, at family gatherings, on social media, at work etc.
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'''4'''. '''Acting independently within their place of influence'''
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lawyers taking on pro bono cases, teachers using their classrooms, union members using meetings of their local&nbsp;
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Institutional or systemic racism "explains how ideas of white superiority are captured in everyday thinking at a systems level: taking in the big picture of how society operates, rather than looking at one-on-one interactions. These systems can include laws and regulations, but also unquestioned social systems. Systemic racism can stem from education, hiring practices or access." -Mary Frances O'Dowd [1]

For examples of systemic racism, see our definitions page for prison industrial complex and the medical industrial complex.


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  1. ↑ https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-systemic-racism-and-institutional-racism-131152
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