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Meaning of deracialize | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To treat in nonracial terms; to remove the racialization of.

Examples

“Clearly it would be absurd to suggest its elimination in those societies in which rights are apportioned directly or indirectly on a racial basis. One could not deracialize South African society, for example, without it ceasing to be South African […]”
“Given this legacy, any power with a democratic state project in post-colonial Africa confronted a dual task: first, simultaneously to deracialize civil power and deethnicize customary power; and then, […]”
“Much like his efforts to “deracialize” the question of slavery in relation to the Independents' Civil War, Whedon attempts to deracialize his Indians by portraying them through actors of varied ethnicities.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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