Institutional Racism

Institutional racism is when an institution has policies, procedures or teachings that discriminate against another race. If we are unable to identify and address the institutional racism with in our churches and ministries it will be nearly impossible to have a multicultural ministry. It will be difficult to take a hard honest look at who you are as an institution, but if you are willing to do the hard work it will be worth it in the end. Many of the instances of institutional racism are invisible to the race that has established them. So it will take a fresh awareness and a fresh pair of eyes to help week through what is and what is not institutional racism.