to institute:  (verb) to set up, establish, introduce, start

institution:  (noun) 1)  established practice, system; 2)  an organization with a social, educational or religious purpose; 3) a person or thing long established in place.

institutionalize:  (verb) to institute or establish.

institutionalized discrimination:  patterns of discrimination that have been established for a time and become part of the accepted customs of a society.

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