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MeSH Heading: Systemic Racism
Tree Number(s): F01.145.813.550.500.500; F01.145.813.629.625.500; I01.880.735.820.500.500.500
Unique ID: D000091722
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000091722
Annotation: for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Scope Note: Processes of racism that are embedded in laws (local, state, and federal), policies, and practices of society and its institutions that provide advantages to racial groups deemed as superior, while differentially oppressing, disadvantaging, or otherwise neglecting racial groups viewed as inferior. Differential access to the goods, services, and opportunities of society by race. Institutionalized racism is normative, sometimes legalized, and often manifests as inherited disadvantage. It is structural, having been codified in our institutions of custom, practice, and law, so there need not be an identifiable perpetrator. (ttps://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/programs‐impact/sdoh.htm)
Entry Term(s): Institutional Racism; Institutionalized Racism; Structural Racism; Systematic Racism
Public MeSH Note: 2022
History Note: 2022
Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2022/07/13

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

ethnology (EH)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M000747666
Scope Note: Processes of racism that are embedded in laws (local, state, and federal), policies, and practices of society and its institutions that provide advantages to racial groups deemed as superior, while differentially oppressing, disadvantaging, or otherwise neglecting racial groups viewed as inferior. Differential access to the goods, services, and opportunities of society by race. Institutionalized racism is normative, sometimes legalized, and often manifests as inherited disadvantage. It is structural, having been codified in our institutions of custom, practice, and law, so there need not be an identifiable perpetrator. (ttps://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/programs‐impact/sdoh.htm)
Terms: Systemic Racism Preferred Term
Term UI T001105785
Date05/03/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OBSSR (2022); Systematic Racism
Term UI T001114066
Date11/11/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Structural Racism
Term UI T001107681
Date06/08/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OBSSR (2022); Institutionalized Racism
Term UI T001106807
Date05/20/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OBSSR (2022); Institutional Racism
Term UI T001106808
Date05/20/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OBSSR (2022)

Systemic Racism MeSH Descriptor Data 2024