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Abstract
Processes of racism that are embedded in laws (local, state, and federal), policies, and practices of society and its institutions that provide advantages to racial groups deemed as superior, while differentially oppressing, disadvantaging, or otherwise neglecting racial groups viewed as inferior. Differential access to the goods, services, and opportunities of society by race. Institutionalized racism is normative, sometimes legalized, and often manifests as inherited disadvantage. It is structural, having been codified in our institutions of custom, practice, and law, so there need not be an identifiable perpetrator. (ttps://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/programs‐impact/sdoh.htm)
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- Institutional Racism
- Institutionalized Racism
- Structural Racism
- Systematic Racism
- Institutionalized Racisms
- Racism, Institutional
- Racism, Institutionalized
- Racism, Structural
- Racism, Systematic
- Racism, Systemic
- Racisms, Systematic
- Structural Racisms
- Systematic Racisms
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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
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2022
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Systemic Racism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000091722. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000091722
- Systemic Racism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_racism
- Systemic Racism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848745