racialize

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s-der. Proto-Germanic *rēsōder. Proto-West Germanic *rās Old English rǣs ▲ Proto-Germanic *rēsō Old Norse rásbor. Middle English race English race Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English racial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English racialize From racial + -ize.

1. 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.”

2. 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 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.”