Racial categorization shapes who belongs to national collectivities

Evidence

One of the considerations at issue here concerns the role of racial and ethnic categorization in the making and remaking of social and political identities. … At the heart of contemporary discourses about migrants, minorities, and citizenship are to be found anxieties about what it means to “belong” or to be excluded from particular national collectivities. These concerns inform debates about the changing nature of citizenship in an era of increased transnational mobility. Citizenship and migration form part of a matrix with questions of identity, nationality, and ethnicity. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 101

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Omi & Winant racial formation theory in the broader vault: categorization-as-identity-making parallels how racial projects constitute subjects. Also relevant to vault material on citizenship and national belonging.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 101