racialize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
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to perceive, view, or experience in a racial context.
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to categorize or differentiate on the basis of membership in a racial group.
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Glasberg argues that “while it is imperative to be aware of ‘race’ to extirpate racism, it is unnecessary to continue to racialize groups victimized by racism.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2019
“It is very dangerous to racialize sexual harassment,” says Tiina Rosenberg, a founding member of Sweden’s feminist party, the Feminist Initiative, and a gender scholar and professor at Stockholm University.
From Time ● Jan. 19, 2016
“It saddens me that so many years after our democracy we still have to racialize things,” Mr. Mthetwa said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2012
For Melendez-Badillo, language has become "coded for the broader sort of racialized understandings of immigrants and immigration... this sort of nationalist idea of who gets to belong in the United States."
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
“We remain committed to defending lawful policies that reject this kind of racialized thinking and instead promote unity and equal treatment under the law,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
In 2022, white homeownership at 69% was more than double that of Black residents, the widest disparity among all racialized groups, according to a University of Washington study.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
Many people occupy the space in between racialized categorizations.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2023
Of course, the earlier system of racialized social control—slavery—had also been regarded as final, sane, and permanent by its supporters.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
In keeping with contemporary trends, the production avoids simplistically racializing the societal division.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2021
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