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Systemic Racism: Law Library Resources

Law Library resources on the topics of systemic, institutional, and structural racism.

Introduction

 

Systemic racism, also known as institutional or structural racism, refers to the pattern of behavior or practices that are part of an institution or organization that create or perpetuate disadvantage for racial minorities. Examples of systemic racism are housing discrimination, racial profiling, over-policing and under-policing of marginalized communities, predatory banking, access to healthcare, hiring/promotion practices, and mass incarceration.

This guide curates a variety of resources on issue of systemic available to you in the Law Library or in the Wiggins Library on Main campus. It also includes a variety of open access materials to broaden your research. You can begin your research on systemic racism by selecting a book from the law library catalog, or you can start by using one of the databases available from either the Law Library or Wiggins Library