Discrimination Comes in Many Forms: Individual, Institutional, and Structural.

Pincus, Fred L.

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Publication Date: 1996

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Discrimination Comes in Many Forms: Individual, Institutional, and Structural.

Pincus, Fred L.

American Behavioral Scientist, v40 n2 p186-94 Nov-Dec 1996

Analyzes three different types of discrimination. Individual and institutional discrimination refer to actions intended to have a negative impact on women and minorities. Structural discrimination refers to policies supposedly neutral in intent but that produce negative effects. Provides concrete examples of each. (MJP)

Descriptors: Alienation, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Discrimination, Educational Environment, Hidden Curriculum, Higher Education, Multicultural Education, Power Structure, Racial Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Social Discrimination, Social Influences, Socialization

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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