Systemic Racism

**Definition:** 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)

**Tree numbers:** - F01.145.813.550.500.500 - F01.145.813.629.625.500 - I01.880.735.820.500.500.500

**Synonyms:** - Systematic Racism - Structural Racism - Institutionalized Racism - Institutional Racism