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Explain What Institutional Racism Is and How It Operates

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Explain what institutional racism is and how it operates. Use the document the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) produced in 2015 in response to a grand jury's exoneration of a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, after he fatally shot an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown to illustrate institutional racism. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.


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Cultural Anthropology

The study of customary patterns in human behavior, thought, and feelings. It focuses on humans as culture-producing and culture-reproducing creatures. Also known as social or sociocultural anthropology.

Ethnology

The study and analysis of different cultures from a comparative or historical point of view, utilizing ethnographic accounts and developing anthropological theories that help explain why certain important differences or similarities occur among groups.

Sociocultural Anthropology

A branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural practices, social structures, and the relationships among individuals within a society.

Margaret Lock

An anthropologist known for her work on medical anthropology and the intersection of culture and biology.

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