systemic discrimination
Embedded societal prejudice
Systemic discrimination is unequal treatment embedded in institutions, policies, or social structures rather than arising from individual prejudice.
Where personal discrimination requires a bigoted actor, systemic discrimination operates through established practices that produce disparate outcomes regardless of intent: Systemic discrimination in lending kept Black families from building wealth through homeownership.
Also called institutional discrimination or structural discrimination.
- womenFemale adults collectively
- racial minoritiesGroups outnumbered by dominant ethnicity
- stop and friskPolice search without arrest
- institutional racismPrejudice embedded in organizations
- housing inequalityUneven access to homes
critical race theory · redlining · white flight · diversity training · immigrants · disparate impact · health disparities · wealth gap · segregation policies · indigenous peoples · voter suppression · hate crimes · workplace harassment · religious minorities · digital divide · educational disparities · feminist theory · community organizing
- discriminationracism, Jim Crow laws, sexism, racial harassment, prejudice
systemic discriminationaffirmative action
Programs boosting marginalized representation
systemic discriminationequal opportunity
Unbiased chance for all
meritocracy · level playing field · non-discrimination · impartiality
systemic discriminationequal opportunity
Unbiased chance for all
social justice · civil rights · egalitarianism · meritocracy · equal protection
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