Omi and Winant define race as an unstable complex transformed by political struggle

Evidence

Michael Omi and Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1990s (New York: Routledge, 1994), p. 55. Omi and Winant describe race as “an unstable and ‘decentered’ complex of social meanings constantly being transformed by political struggle,” and they describe racialization as the use of race as a basis for distinguishing among human groups. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 633

Categorization

• DEFINE: The racial-formation framework the book’s whole argument rests on; keeping the definition precise matters for the working vocabulary.
• XREF: Anchors the reader’s comparison with Selod and Rana, who both build on Omi and Winant. — connects to: Race lacks a singular transhistorical essence and is not fully determined by economics; Racialization shifts with the political interests of those in power — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 86
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 633

Broader Connections

• Racialization shifts with the political interests of those in power #expands (0.85) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 86
• Race lacks a singular transhistorical essence and is not fully determined by economics #corroborates (0.80)