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Q1) What is institutionalised racism and what impact has it had on Indigenous Australians. Consider the effects of racial discrimination, paternalism, marginalization, prevailing myths and current bureaucratic and social policies. Institutional Racism “describes the way Social Institutions discriminate directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally through their structures and organisations to support or maintain racism.” The white community has the preponderance of supremacy and structure and in this case is the dominated group. These structures include “laws and policies which exclude or discriminate against the dominated group.” (Anti racism handbook) The “Rabbit Proof Fence” showed the audience how much of an impact institutional racism had on Indigenous Australians. This was mainly shown when the “half cast” children where taken away by the government, due to government policy, and placed into homes with other ch