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racialization

racialization

1 8.4
Treating people or groups as different because of race, often causing unfair treatment
  • noun
  • /ˌreɪʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : racialización
  • In recent years, the racialization of the immigrant population has sparked debates about equality and justice.
  • racialization of Arabs
  • racialization of Syrians
  • Arab racialization

I sort of particularly resent the re racialization of society because I think it is making everybody notice things.

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Examples

  • Understanding the link between the racialization of Syrians and Blacks helps explain why the Syrians continually reaffirmed and invested in their whiteness

    Academic text (2004)
  • Racialization facilitated colonialism by consolidating arguments for the appropriation of land and the criminalization of Indigenous religious practices.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Further, statistics demonstrate the racialization of crime.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Once again, we see that multiculturalism has resulted in the racialization of American politics.

    Blog text (4)
  • The racialization of identities in Darfur has its roots in the British colonial period.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The racialization of Mexicans was based on cultural characteristics thought to be rooted in heredity.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Racialization combines ideas about racial difference and practices that produce structured inequalities.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Events since September 11 have exacerbated all the factors underlying the racialization of Arabs in America, with predictable results.

    Academic text (2002)
  • For example, Alexandra Stem is investigating the links between medical discourse, eugenics, and the racialization of Mexicans crossing the border.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The racialization of groups often leads to social divisions and discrimination based on perceived identities.

Antonyms

55 4.1

To bring people from different races or religions into a community as equals

Surface Forms

racialization singular

Morphology

racialization = racialize (semi-transparent) = race + ial + ize + ation

The noun is formed regularly from the verb racialize with the process noun suffix -ation.

Etymology

The word racialization starts with the familiar word race and the ending -ization, which means 'making' or 'process', like in organization. So racialization is the process of 'making' people or things into a racial category, which is why we use it to talk about how groups are given a racial identity and often treated differently.