institutional racism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of institutional racism
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Other school districts and institutions faced similar choices.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2024
Wall Street institutions faced challenges in tracking staff communications in the work-from-home pandemic era, particularly over personal devices.
From Reuters • Sep. 27, 2022
Inside Beth Israel, the talks were primarily between Akram and Cytron-Walker, who was keenly aware of the threat that his and all American Jewish institutions faced.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2022
What is confounding about these universities’ plans to possibly obliterate nearly half of their departments is why both institutions, faced with budget crises, went straight for the academic jugular.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2013
With balance sheets engorged relative to capital, prices did not have to fall far before some institutions faced insolvency.
From Scientific American • Jan. 30, 2013
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