The racial state is instrumental in forming subjects and their bodies

Evidence

In Foucauldian terms, the state not only invades the body of subjects. It goes a long way in making bodies what they are, and by extension who they are. It is thus instrumental in subject formation. The more the racial state is implicated in fashioning the form and content of subject formation, the more it penetrates into everyday social life, and the greater the hold of race over the social horizons of the conceivable. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1707

Categorization

• DEFINE: Lays out the ‘racial state’ concept’s Foucauldian core: state power is productive of racialized subjects, not merely repressive — useful grounding for vault usage.
• XREF: connects to: Racial states are conditions of being as well as governance structures. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1660; State character is deeply shaped in racial terms in contemporary states. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 257; Racial states actively define populations into racial groups through state apparatuses — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1688 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• State apparatuses actively fashion and reify racial categories rather than merely reflect them #expands (0.90)
• The racial state operates through internalized identity, not just formal institutions #expands (0.90) — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 141
• Race operates to tie culture, body, and behavior together #expands (0.85)
• The racial state shapes subject formation by defining who can form families and marry #exemplifies (0.85)
• States possess character that is shaped in racial terms #expands (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 256
• Racial rule works by making subjects internalize and self-promote their own subjugation #expands (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1679
• Race is both biological and social because bodies are shaped by social practices #expands (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1561
• The skin functions as the governing signifier of racial states #expands (0.80)
• Race is constitutive of the modern nation-state from its emergence #expands (0.80)
• Cultural and religious practices can racialize a body just as skin tone does #expands (0.80) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 89