1. Discrimination occurs when certain individuals or groups are treated one way, while others are treated another. It's an act of unequal treatment. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal." It fits the definition of discrimination because whites and colored people were treated differently. At this time, society didn't like the idea of the two people affiliating with each other.
2. Institutional discrimination occurs when an institution or an organization discriminates against minorities. An example of an institution who discriminates is the police force. Although not the entire police force discriminates colored people, there have been numerous cases such as Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, etc. This fits the definition of institutional discrimination because these cases depict how the police enforcement discriminates colored people. …show more content…
Institutional discrimination is more harmful to the American people because it's more than one person discriminating. You have an institution, organization, a group of people to discriminate others, whereas one individual isn't as powerful as
2. Institutional discrimination occurs when an institution or an organization discriminates against minorities. An example of an institution who discriminates is the police force. Although not the entire police force discriminates colored people, there have been numerous cases such as Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, etc. This fits the definition of institutional discrimination because these cases depict how the police enforcement discriminates colored people. …show more content…
Institutional discrimination is more harmful to the American people because it's more than one person discriminating. You have an institution, organization, a group of people to discriminate others, whereas one individual isn't as powerful as