Race functions as a master status tied to oppression rather than demographic mixing

Evidence

Racialization research does not treat race as an unchanging reflection of biology and culture or a reflection of amalgamations of differently situated indicators like socioeconomic status and intermarriage; rather, race is a master status tied to group oppression and domination. — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness, 53

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines what distinguishes racial formation theory’s ‘racialization research’ from assimilationist accounts.
• XREF: connects to: Race functioned as an organizing principle tying bodies to social statuses — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 85; Racial identity arises as a negative product of oppression; Reducing race to ethnicity erases the body as a marker of domination and resistance — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 54 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Race functioned as an organizing principle tying bodies to social statuses #corroborates (1.00) — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 85
• Racial identity arises as a negative product of oppression #corroborates (0.95)
• Reducing race to ethnicity erases the body as a marker of domination and resistance #expands (0.90) — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 54
• Racial inferiority ideology emerges from oppression, not merely from perceived difference #corroborates (0.85)