Institutionalized discrimination refers to the unfair, indirect treatment of certain members within a group. Usually, the bias targets specific, easily stereotyped and generalize attributes, such as race, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and age. Although the United State law forbids direct discrimination and it’s illegal, countless academics, activists, and advocacy organizations assert that as far as they are concerned, indirect discrimination is still persistent and ongoing in the vast majority of our social institutions and as well in our daily social practices. Such institutionalized discrimination includes laws and decisions that reflect racism, for example, the 1896 case between Plessey vs. Ferguson. The case that was ruled in favor of the “separate but equal" public facilities between African Americans and non-African Americans by the U.S. Supreme Court, however, the ruling was rescinded by the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954. …show more content…
This will further increase familiarity with non-binary individuals and combat stereotypes that could arise against them. In summary, gender identity is a complex concept, and with it several misunderstandings. These misunderstandings develop into stereotypes, especially when social institutions foster environments conducive to stereotyping. The two proposed prerequisite solutions above, reforming forms of identification and reforming educational institutions, will serve the greatest impact to eliminating institutionalized discrimination against non-binary members of society (Institutional Prejudice or Discrimination, n,