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In reply to the discussion: I am happy Bernie Sanders added a Racism and Racial Justice plank...however [View all]Spacedog1973
(221 posts)I think we need to get away from the Klansman type being the purest form of racism, but rather those little injuries are the main source of racism that minority groups experience daily. Often it's due to social programming, personal ignorance of its harm or direct racism and yes their presence in all walks of society, work, colleges and leisure areas will affect how people of color will experience them.
However I wouldn't describe this effect as institutional. Institutional as an example would be a swimming pool that didn't have a women only day or time or pool. That would affect Muslim women being able to access it. Or a company that recruits most of its staff through word of mouth, but their existing staff are white middle class men who live in segregated communities. The impact would be low BME staff recruited.
Just a few examples of one form of it.