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to deracialize

to deracialize

9.1
To remove ideas or rules based on race from something
  • verb
  • /ˌdiːˈreɪʃəlaɪz/
translation icon : desracializar
  • The initiative seeks to deracialize the curriculum by incorporating voices from various cultural backgrounds.

Examples

  • Deracializing and equalizing the cities of South Africa and improving the quality of urban life is certainly one of the most difficult challenges facing the new government.

    Academic text (1998)

  • As illustrated, the only neighborhoods that are deracializing to any significant extent are the historically white working-class and middle-class suburbs.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The deracialization of academic study means that we must deracialize the concepts of "colonized" versus "Indigenous."

    Academic text (2006)

  • In the new, deracializing South Africa, I am not aware, for example, of some triumphalist Black African "March to the Cape" historiography in the making.

    Academic text (2001)

  • His main thesis is that although African nationalists managed to deracialize civil society, democratization after independence never succeeded because they failed to break the tribal logic of "native authorities" that had been established in the name of "indirect rule" by the British.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The community worked hard to deracialize local institutions to ensure fairness for all residents.

  • To promote unity, the organization aims to deracialize its programs and include diverse perspectives.

Antonyms

to racialize
1 8.2

To treat people or issues mainly in terms of race

Surface Forms

deracialize infinitive
deracialized past
deracialized past participle
deracializing present participle
deracializes third person singular

Morphology

deracialize = racialize (semi-transparent) = de + race + al + ize

The prefix 'de-' straightforwardly signals removal or reversal from the verb 'racialize'.

Etymology

Deracialize is built from the parts de- meaning 'remove' and race meaning groups of people. So, to deracialize something is to try to take away race-based features or ideas, for example to remove racial bias from a rule or practice.