“In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing air in this room- and we have to become sensitive to it.” — Henry Louis Gates Jr.

From TIME

The Many Ways Institutional Racism Kills Black People

https://time.com/5851864/institutional-racism-america/

From National Education Association

Marley Dias talks Institutional Racism

https://youtu.be/4M-5V8uUtKA

From Being Well Podcast

Institutional Racism and Traumatic Stress with Dr. Alfiee

https://www.rickhanson.net/being-well-podcast-institutional-racism-and-traumatic-stress-with-dr-alfiee/

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