racialize

racialize

English

Alternative forms

• racialise

Etymology

racial +‎ -ize

Verb

racialize (third-person singular simple present racializes, present participle racializing, simple past and past participle racialized)

1. To categorize or treat in racial terms.
   • 2007 May 2, Alan Schwarz, “Study of N.B.A. Sees Racial Bias in Calling Fouls”, in New York Times‎:

     There’s a growing consensus that a large proportion of racialized decisions is not driven by any conscious race discrimination, but that it is often just driven by unconscious, or subconscious, attitudes.

   • 2010, C. Richard King, ‎Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo, ‎Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Animating Difference →ISBN, page 41:

     For instance, not only is Oscar racialized as black, we can also see an ethnicization of race whereby Oscar is constructed as a black American.

Derived terms

• racialization

See also

• ethnize, ethnization
• ethnicize, ethnicization