racialised
Assigned racial identity
Racialised (also spelled racialized) describes people, groups, or issues that have been categorized or treated according to racial classifications.
The term emphasizes that race is a social construct imposed on people rather than an inherent characteristic: racialised communities face systemic barriers in housing and employment.
It appears frequently in academic and policy discussions about discrimination, identity politics, and structural inequality, particularly in British and Canadian English.
Forced separation by group
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- redliningRefusing loans by neighborhood
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
marginalization · profiling · othering · systemic racism · institutional racism · disparity · disenfranchisement · housing discrimination
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
scapegoating · othering · microaggressions · implicit bias · hate crimes · slurs · dehumanization · supremacism
Relating to building framework
- institutionalOf formal establishments
- systemicAffecting an entire structure
- casteInherited social division
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
imperialism · apartheid · segregation · civil rights · affirmative action · reparations · intersectionality · white privilege
Shared cultural heritage group
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- cultureCollective social practices
- identity politicsCollective action via shared characteristics
biracial · multiracial · one-drop rule · colorism · passing · code-switching · diaspora · whiteness
Fixed oversimplified notion
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- tropeRecurring narrative device
- tokenismSuperficial inclusion efforts
- misrepresentationFalse or misleading statement
media portrayal · typecasting · minstrelsy · blackface · yellowface · exoticism · orientalism · noble savage
segregation
Forced separation by group
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- redliningRefusing loans by neighborhood
exclusion · marginalization · profiling · othering · systemic racism · institutional racism · disparity · disenfranchisement · housing discrimination · employment discrimination
bias
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
stereotyping · scapegoating · othering · microaggressions · implicit bias · hate crimes · slurs · dehumanization · supremacism · ethnocentrism
structural
Relating to building framework
- institutionalOf formal establishments
- systemicAffecting an entire structure
- casteInherited social division
colonialism · imperialism · apartheid · segregation · civil rights · affirmative action · reparations · intersectionality · white privilege · power structures
ethnicity
Shared cultural heritage group
identity politics · biracial · multiracial · one-drop rule · colorism · passing · code-switching · diaspora · whiteness · blackness
stereotype
Fixed oversimplified notion
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- tropeRecurring narrative device
- tokenismSuperficial inclusion efforts
misrepresentation · media portrayal · typecasting · minstrelsy · blackface · yellowface · exoticism · orientalism · noble savage · model minority
racialisedcolorblind
Cannot perceive certain hues
unraced · race-blind · non-racial · universalised · humanised
racialisedunmarked
Having no visible identification
universalised · normalised · default · whitened · invisible
race, racing, racer, racial, racy, racialized, racecard, racialize, racerback