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E-mail: lovebug@alloymail.com Institutional in American Society "Racist" and "" are provocative words in American society. To some, these words have reached the level of curse words in their offensiveness. Yet, "racist" and "" are descriptive words of a reality ....

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.... racist behavior. However, just as individuals can act in racist ways, so can institutions. Institutions can behave in ways that are overtly racist (i.e., specifically excluding people-of-color from services) or inherently racist (i.e., adopting policies that while not specifically directed at excluding people-of-color, nevertheless result in their exclusion). Therefore, institutions can respond to people-of-color and whites differently. Institutional behavior can injure people-of-color; and, when it does, it is nonetheless racist in outcome if not in intent. ....A word that means a lot of things to many people. To some, that word is the descript ....