Removing a Ring from a Swollen Finger Over the years, your hands change. They can become swollen, and conditions like arthritis can certainly cause joints in the fingers to enlarge.
institutionalized racism. Institutionalized Racism is the process of purposely discriminating against certain groups of people through the use of biased laws or practices. Often, institutionalized racism is subtle and manifests itself in seemingly innocuous ways, but its effects are anything but subtle.
To some, racism denotes a set of hereditarian judgments about educability or criminality. To others, it implies virtually any kind of animus or stereotype based on ethnic origin. This is a classic problem of semantics: words get in the way of settling differences.