Meaning of racialize | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To categorize or treat in racial terms.
2. To adapt or alter to conform with the ethnic qualities of a particular race.

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Examples

“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.”

“If Mr. [W. B.] Yeats had not broken clean⟳ away from his Irish forerunners his poetry would not have⟳ delighted anybody save⟳ the resolute patriot. We say⟳ this not because we wish⟳ to rob⟳ Ireland of her legitimate glory, but because we think⟳ her glory will be dimmed if Irish poetry be too selfishly racialized.”

“As a race⟳, negroes sing⟳ well and dance⟳ well, but they have⟳ made no distinct contribution to the play-life of nations. It is a matter⟳ of no little significance that the negro, while he has been singing his own⟳ melodies into the heats of all nations, has yet no folk-games, no race⟳, pageants, no adequate rhythmic movements to accompany⟳ his own⟳ music. His games are pitiful imitations. The dance⟳, to the degree he has racialized it, is not among the achievements he is proud to claim⟳.”

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