racialization

Unjustly accusing someone of racism when the issue has nothing do to with race

"I think the Affordable Care Act is a bad idea."
"You're a racist!"
"What I said has nothing to do with race. What you are doing is called racialization.

by zevg December 22, 2020

Racial Apathy

Racial apathy is a form of emotional neglect toward Black, Indigenous, and people of color rooted in the biased belief that we do not feel pain. When people are viewed as "less human", it becomes easier to neglect their pain.

Source: Racial Wellness, by Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah

The way the media view wars, disasters, and viruses in predominantly white areas as more worthy of media coverage than those affecting areas where communities of color reside is a clear sign of racial apathy.

by Racial Wellness September 18, 2023

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.

by EquityLLC February 9, 2022

Racial Chameleon

Someone whose race is indecipherable

Obama is a racial chameleon, sometimes black, sometimes not.

by Micro's Friend November 3, 2015

Racial Identity

A term that protects cultural assimilators when people speak out against them. Supposedly, defined as the race you feel the most connected to. A person who adopts a racial identity might begin to: speak stereotypically, dress in outdated/ stereotypical clothing, change their physical appearance artificially, or state that they want to be reborn into their racial identity. Typically, but not as the exception, adopters of a racial identity are White American teenagers. Certain laws have been put into place to make it harder to protect your own culture from them. Search also: black Face, Jim Crow (character), weebs, and Oli London

1: Wassup my Bruther?
2: Why are you talking like that?
1: Cus I'm Black. I just got my results back on 23 and me, and it turns out I'm 30% Northeastern African, so I wanted to embrace my Black culture.
2: Not all Africans are Black, and there are other ways to embrace your heritage.
1: Shut up! You don't understand. Being Black is my racial identity. I'm Black and I've always been Black, Now I just have proof!

by Mracceptable September 6, 2020

Racially Charged

When a person or a race annoys you and charges up your racial batteries

Person 1: "Did you hear about that Jewish Lucien?"
Person 2: "Yea he makes me racially charged"

by TheDoggoDude December 4, 2021

Racial abuse

A person who intentionally hurts someone by critising or discriminating someone due to there race

E.g excluding someone or treating someone unfairly due to there race making racial slurs or inappropriate comments due to there race

Racial abuse

by Hiyalolasr January 24, 2025