systemic racism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of systemic racism
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Floyd's death ignited a nationwide reckoning with systemic racism, prompting widespread calls to remove Confederate monuments.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
Four years ago, as Pence and Harris were discussing systemic racism, a fly settled on the snowy expanse of Pence’s white coiffure — and ended up walking away with the evening’s affair.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2024
Believe it or not, the members of all of those organizations, while they are religiously divergent from one another, are often discussing the same exact things such as protecting reproductive rights and fighting systemic racism.
From Salon • Sep. 3, 2024
In 2021, in the wake of Danielson’s resignation, Seattle Children’s announced it would take steps to dismantle systemic racism within its institution to improve health equity among patients and promote diversity and inclusion among staff.
From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024
He starts by talking about his experience growing up Black in Mississippi and moves on to talk about systemic racism and how we don’t even realize how embedded it is in our world.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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