Institutional Discrimination

Institutional discrimination is when social systems, such as the education institution, create policies and practices that are systematically disadvantageous to certain groups. Only 4% of Hispanics continue through school to achieve an advanced degree in higher education past a Bachelors degree. I would argue this is a form of Institutional Discrimination in the sense that certain policies and practices create educational inequalities for children, straining those who live in lower income communites by not giving them the same education as those of middle or upper class. Low income communities are stuck with the "bad schools" and poor education systems limiting a childs ability. For a hispanic going into the college world with an unequal educational background compared to  his or her peers, it is unlikely for them to continue on past an undergradute education. The population ratio numbers of whites to hispanics in the U.S. does not porportionally match the advanced degree percenteges. Hispanics make up 16% of the U.S. population, yet 11% of whites (and another 11% of non-hispanic whites) continue to receive an adnvaced degree while only 4%  of hispanics do the same. The Cartoon I've chosen I believe shows the different subcomponents that take part in a childs education.