When cultural institutions, policies, and systems such as school and justice systems are used to enforce discrimination based on imagined differences among groups, this is known as:

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Institutional racism refers to the ways in which institutions such as government agencies, corporations, and schools create and maintain policies, practices and cultures that systematically disadvantage and marginalize people of certain races. This can be seen in practices such as redlining, where banks and other lending institutions refuse to offer services in certain neighborhoods based on the racial makeup of the area or in the disproportionate representation of certain racial groups in the prison system.

When Cultural Institutions, Policies, and Systems Such as School and Justice