...Just to clarify, if using the definition of institutionalised racism for racism is most effective for the US situation at the moment (an area which I'm fairly ignorant on), then okay. I'm not saying it shouldn't be if it works for the minorities involved. But it's the assumption of it applying elsewhere ("it also works in any Caucasian-dominated society, like Europe"). I don't see why we should be boxed into using American terminology for European situations - each society has its own problems with race, and whilst some aspects are universal, there are differences that have to be appreciated too.