STOCKHOLM/ROME: The #MeToo movement triggered worldwide protests that hopefully was instrumental in making people better aware of a continuous and often hidden mistreatment of women. Maybe can the current “I can’t breathe!” movement make people realize that institutional racism is far from extinct.
It was in 1967 when the term “institutional racism” was coined by Stokely Carmichael (later known as Kwame Ture) and Charles Hamilton. They wrote that even if individual racism can be quite easy to detect, institutional racism is less perceptible. Such racism makes a difference between people through more subtle means than outright discrimination. It is expressed through disparities in wealth, income, criminal justice, employment housing, healthcare, political power and education. Carmichael and Hamilton stated that the entire United States is imbued with institutional racism. A social ill that can only be abolished if people, irrespective of their color, culture or ethnic origin, are provided with equal, appropriate and professional services.
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