Question

At one time, many puerto ricans were effectively barred from serving in the chicago police department because they failed to meet the height requirement. this was an example of

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: institutional discrimination
institutional discrimination refers to the discrimnation toward a certain group that carried out by society as a whole.
institutional discrimination tend to be carried out by making the majority members believe that the discriminatory act is the normal/right thing to do.