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people of color and advantages for white people. EX: Jim Crow Laws, Indian Removal Act <br />of 1830, Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, etc. <br />• Structural Racism: The racial bias among institutions and across society. Involves the <br />cumulative and compounding effects of an array of societal factors, including the history, <br />culture, ideology, and interactions of institutions and policies that systematically <br />privilege white people and disadvantage BIPOC people. EX: Segregation of communities <br />of color from access to opportunities, difficulties for BIPOC people to secure career and <br />education, unequal treatment in the criminal justice system, etc. <br />• Systemic Racism: Racism that is expressed in policies, procedures, and processes across <br />economic, social, and political institutions that discriminate, oppress, exclude, harm <br />people of color. EX: Lack of access to food and housing, increased chance of being <br />incarcerated, increased exposure to hazardous living conditions, etc. <br />Gender Pronouns: A gender pronoun is the pronoun that a person chooses for themselves. <br />They are the pronouns to be used when referring to that person in sentences and conversation. <br />It is important that people refer to others by their specific pronouns in order to show respect to <br />the individual while also promoting an inclusive environment. <br />• Use of Pronouns: Gender pronouns can look like but are not limited to: <br />o he/him/his (masculine pronouns) <br />o she/her/hers (feminine pronouns) <br />o they/them/theirs (neutral pronouns) <br />o ze/zir/zirs (neutral pronouns) <br />o ze/hir/hirs (neutral pronouns) <br />References: <br />• https://dei.extension.org/ <br />• https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-anti-racism-5071426 <br />• https://www.urban.org/features/structural-racism-america <br />• https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-systemic-racism-and-institutional-racism-131152 <br />• https://www.cacgrants.org/assets/ce/Documents/2019/FourLevelsOfRacism.pdf <br />• https://wwwl.nvc.gov/assets/hra/downloads/pdf/services/Igbtgi/Gender%20Pronouns%20final%20draft <br />%2010.23.17.pdf <br />