racialization

American  

[rey-shuh-lahy-zey-shuhn] / ˌreɪ ʃə laɪˈzeɪ ʃən /

especially British, racialisation

noun

1. an act or instance of viewing and interacting with people from a racist perspective, or of being viewed and interacted with in this way.

   The assumption that terrorist acts are perpetrated mainly by Islamists is part of the racialization of Muslim and Arab-looking people.

2. the act or process of causing an institution, system, area of activity, etc., to be influenced or controlled by a racist perspective.

   Housing reform is another area that needs targeting, including measures to eliminate the racialization of lending practices.

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Etymology

Origin of racialization

First recorded in 1915–20; racial ( def. ) + -ization ( def. )

Example Sentences

Looking back, Wailoo now realizes he grew up at the “high point of the racialization of menthol smoking.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2022

Passivity regarding the lethal risk of ES is a challenging extra piece of the puzzle around football, racialization and death.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2021

This makes for potent storytelling, especially when those involved are reckoning with and surviving racialization and xenophobia, putting them in the position to fight against it internally and externally to preserve their humanity.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2021

I don’t think I realized just how extreme the Kardashian-Jenners’ racialization and commercialization of Black culture was until after I’d stopped watching the show.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2020

“We’re also talking about the history of racialization, the history of class formation, the history of the ways capitalist forms of the law impinge upon the body.”

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2018