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Tri-racial

A person who's racial identity is made up of three different races.
Many people in the United States have a tri-racial identity that consists of European, African and Native American ancestry.
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Racialized

A merger of the words "racially" and "marginalized." Refers to someone who is pushed to the fringes of society because of his or her race.
At a debate, one of the participants refused to acknowledge his opponent came from a racialized community, saying instead that racism was a state of mind and not real.
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racial passive

Similar to white privilege, a "racial passive" is a term to say Jewish people have an advantage/get away with more than others.

It can generally be used to describe someone with an advantage due to being a certain race.
When Jose said I had a "racial passive" it was a code for me allegedly being Jewish.
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Racially Stranded

Or Racial Stranding. It happens when a multiracial person doesn't feel belong to either race of his parents. It is an "In Between" state.

Similar to Culture Stranding
Matt's white friends think he is to "Asian" and his Asian friends think he is too "White"; His is Racially Stranded.
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racial capitalism

A social and economic system of removing social and economic value using markers associated with race (e.g. such as dark skin or people of African descent) while attributing social and economic value using markers associated with race (e.g., white/light skin or people of European descent).

Example - Wealth is assigned to predominately white U.S. neighborhoods at higher rates than predominately Black, Hispanic, or Latinx neighborhoods. As more middle and upper class White families move into neighborhoods (gentrification) the property values increase but the reverse happens when Black families move into formally homogenized White neighborhoods.

See Cedric Robinson and Charles Mill's work around racial capitalism.
Racial capitalism has assigned value to Whiteness in that those of European descent are often given lower interest rates on loans than those who are not.
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Racially Tolerant

To put up with, agree or support your or another race.
I am racially tolerant to words Stop Asian hate!
I support BLM!
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Racial Othering

Racial othering is when white people are treated as the norm, while Black, Indigenous, and people of color are treated as “different.”It stems from a phenomenon called the white default, which defines white people as the standard for behavior, appearance, and culture.

Source: Racial Wellness, a book by Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah
It bothers me when people ask me "Where are you REALLY from?" It's a form of racial othering.
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