Term Tuesday: Institutional Racism

Another #termtuesday! Your beginner’s guide or maybe the thing you send your exhausting friends who ask you all these questions ;D.
An example of institutional racism in medicine: A disproportionate number of the uninsured are racial minorities. As health insurance access in the U.S. is *still* most often tied to employment, racial stratification of the economy due to other forms of discrimination results in a concentration of racial minorities in low-income jobs, many without insurance benefits.

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