Examples Of Institutional Racism

The Overlooked form of Racism: Institutional Racism One can define racism as a belief that some race are by nature superior to other. Institutional racism however is different. It is a form of racism express in the practice of social and political institutions such as a government organization; school, bank, and court of law discriminate against a certain group based upon race. Although institutional racism can go unnoticed as it it is not always explicit and can be overlook there are some forms that have been identify and reflect in the area such as political power, education, wealth, heath care, criminal justice, employment and housing. In Achebe’s comment “white racism against Africa is such a moral way of thinking that its manifestations
go completely unremarked”, one can disagree with this comment because Achebe is talking about individual or informal social group in this case white racism against Africa; this is racism not institutional racism.
Another reason is that it is a pattern of social institution that give negative treatment to a social group of people based on their race. Institutional racism need not to involve intentional racial discrimination as express by Achebe “white racism against Africa.” Not all white people think racist one can see this as Achebe’s own personal perspective. Many people are working in institutional racism settings and are not aware that they are discriminate against another race because they are just doing their job as outline by one’s institution. Achebe further states, “Manifestations go completely unremarked.” One can disagree because Achebe is stating that this way of thinking is completely unnoticed. Institutional racism is more subtle yet still visible in attitude and behaviour, which amount to discrimination against minority ethnic people.
Some examples are, individual judge might intend to impose similar sentences for similar crime; yet if Caucasian people tend to receive light punishment, plausibly institutional racism occur.
Institutional racism occur when black male under the carding process is pull over more than Caucasian male. One can see in the U.S. after slavery, black people are not allow to go to certain universities this is institutional racism. Some form of institutional racism may be more explicit or easier to identify than others. The institutional racism that exist in the past and still present today is the indigenous people in Canada and the Canadian Indian residential school system. In the 18th century the treaty making process is the ongoing relationship between Canada and the first nations people British control of Canada begins when they exercise jurisdiction over the first nations with the goal to civilize and Christianise aboriginal land. It is not until the first nation lose their land, tradition, custom and their children to residential school they realize they have to live and conform to British
law.
The Canadian federal government of Indian Affairs department officially encourage the growth of Indian residential school system under the guidance of various Christian churches.
The worst aspect of Canada’s residential schools is the endemic abuse by the Europeans to the first nations children emotional, physical and sexual for which they are now know. Most residential schools close in the 1970’s. Criminal and civil suits against the government and the churches begin. Over 10,00 law suits have pass and the government, Stephen harper and churches issue a formal historic apology on behalf of the institutional racism that exist against the first nation people in front of an audience of aboriginal delegates. Institutional racism is constant as a pattern as it is there in the past and is still present today in Canada. The living standard of Indigenous people in Canada falls short of those of the non-indigenous and they along either other visible minorities remain as a group, the poorest in Canada. There continue to be barriers to gaining equality with other Canadian of Europe’s ancestry. The life expectancy of first nation’s people is lower, they have less high school graduates, much higher unemployment rates and incomes are
lower.
Institutional racism leads to inequality is present and is more subtle, less visible because it originates in the operation of establish and respect forces I the society and thus receive for less public condemnation. It is no less destructive to human life and human dignity. That is why many minority ethnic groups continue to fight for right to being awareness to society against institutional racism.