racialize

American  

[rey-shuh-lahyz] / ˈreɪ ʃəˌlaɪz /

especially British, racialise

verb (used with object)

racialized, racializing

1. to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.

2. to perceive, view, or experience in a racial context.

3. to categorize or differentiate on the basis of membership in a racial group.

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racialize British  

/ ˈreɪʃəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to render racial in tone or content

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Other Word Forms

• racialization
  noun

Example Sentences

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racialize racialized racializing

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

The resulting case, In re: Turner, helped end the practice of racialized child “apprenticeship” and shaped the meaning of the 13th and 14th amendments.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026

For racialized communities, such as immigrants, the cognitive load could be even heavier, and the option to simply stop watching is much harder to exercise when the news is about their country of origin.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026

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

It’s also become very important to me to work at the intersection of our community and other marginalized communities, whether they’re other racialized communities or communities of disability or queer communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

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