racialization
[ rey-shuh-lahy-zey-shuhn ]
/ ˌreɪ ʃə laɪˈzeɪ ʃən /
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noun
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.
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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Also especially British, ra·cial·i·sa·tion .
Words nearby racialization
rachitis, Rachmaninoff, Rachmanism, racial, racialism, racialization, racialize, racial justice, racial memory, racial profiling, racial unconscious
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How to use racialization in a sentence
By making automated racialization a form of convenience in marketing things like lipstick, companies like Revlon are hardening the technical scripts that are available to individuals.
The covid tech that is intimately tied to China’s surveillance state|Darren Byler|October 11, 2021|MIT Technology ReviewTo counteract the increasing banality, the everydayness, of automated racialization, the harms of biometric surveillance around the world must first be made apparent.
The covid tech that is intimately tied to China’s surveillance state|Darren Byler|October 11, 2021|MIT Technology ReviewThe book could have been called What Everybody Can Do Next, but not only does that not have the same impact, it doesn’t explicitly set out the fact that the book will be looking at race and racialization.
Why Coalition, Not Allyship, Is the Necessary Next Step in the Racial Justice Movement|Suyin Haynes|June 22, 2021|Time