The International Cooperative Alliance defines a cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. 1  Cooperatives may include:
Institutional racism as it's formally called is racism that occurs in our institutions such as places of education and schools, the health care system, in the provision of public services, employment and housing.his is racism that occurs in informal settings, things like when you go to the shops and the store assistant serves you last or doesn't serve you at all! Once again on the basis of the color of your skin or perceived ethnicity.
Racism has birthed many of societys ills. Discrimination, separation, and segregation are products of a racist mentality. Forced slavery and genocide are capital crimes directly resulting from racism. When one race acts out its superior beliefs in a society, there is no room for harmony or community. Racism is moral blindness; it fails to appreciate that the difference in the biological and physical characteristics of individuals is a cause for wonder.