institutional racism

plural institutional racisms

1. uncountableusuallyRacism expressed in the practice of social and political institutions.

   classrooms; the inability of schools to promote equality; and institutional racism

   1990, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, volumes 507-509, page 54

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   Institutional racism relies on the active and pervasive operation of anti-black attitudes

   1967, Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America, page 4

   Institutional racism and socioeconomic barriers continue to operate against the advancement of African Americans, keeping the number in poverty

   1996 preface page 9 to Univ of Massachusetts Press' reprint of "An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans" (originally published 1833 without preface)

   The geth serve as a cautionary tale against the dangers of rogue AI, and in Citadel Space they are technically illegal. Advocacy groups argue, however, that an AI is a living, conscious entity deserving the same rights as organics. They argue that continued use of the term "artificial" is institutionalized racism on the part of organic life, the term "synthetic" is considered the politically correct alternative.

   [2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Computers: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Codex entry