Racialize

Alternative forms

• racialise

Origin

racial + -ize

Full definition of racialize

Verb

1. To categorize or treat in racial terms
• 2007, May 2, Alan Schwarz, Study of N.B.A. Sees Racial Bias in Calling Fouls, 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.

Derived terms

• racialization