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Institutional discrimination

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Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) Jargon Buster

Think Local Act Personal

When people are treated differently because of things like their age, race or disability, because of the way an organisation works rather than because of the way that individual people behave, and when an organisation's routines and procedures become more important than individual people's needs.

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