Racialization is a political process that constantly transforms assigned social meanings.

Evidence

“Racialization” is defined as “an unstable and de-centered complex of social meanings constantly being transformed by political struggle” assigned to identities in society. Michael Omi and Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1990s, 2nd ed. (Routledge, 1994), 55. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1241

Categorization

• DEFINE: Provides a precise, citable definition of racialization as a dynamic political process rather than a fixed label.
• XREF: connects to: Racialization describes how signifying processes construct social groups as races. — Nasar Meer, Racialization and Religion: Race,…, 36; Racialization is a changing process where context shapes anti-racism too — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 751