racializing
racializing is the present participle and gerund of racialize.
Meaning of racialize
Verb
racialize (third-person singular simple present racializes, present participle racializing, simple past and past participle racialized)
- To categorize or treat in racial terms.
- 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.2007 May 2, Alan Schwarz, “Study of N.B.A. Sees Racial Bias in Calling Fouls”, in New York Times
- To adapt or alter to conform with the ethnic qualities of a particular race.
- 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...1902 March 8, “Literature”, in The Athenænum, number 3880, page 299
Questions about racializing
- What is racializing the present participle and gerund of?
- Racializing is the present participle and gerund of racialize.
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