Theoretical choices about race determine which political strategies appear valid

Evidence

Racialization is rooted in relationships of power that are institutionalized. Racializing bodies serves those who wield power in society and therefore is constantly changing and mutating based on the interests of those in power. This explains why some groups of people are vilified at one point in time over another. For example, the belief that Syrians are potential terrorists and dangerous to Western nations is perpetuated when the government wants to limit Syrian refugees from entering the United States at a time when millions of Syrians have been forced out of their country due to internal wars and political conflicts. However, as I describe in chapter 1, Syrians were once treated like white ethnics in the United States partially because of their skin tone. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 86 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Theoretical disputes over race dictate divergent political strategies for transformation; Frame cultural-policy choices as technical rather than political serves dominant elites; Racialization shifts with the political interests of those in power — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 86 (+5 more)

Related

• Racialization shifts with the political interests of those in power (similarity 0.90)
• The Villatte affair was racialized as mulatto-versus-black rather than factional competition (similarity 0.82)
• Racial categories were imposed retroactively by administrators, literally reclassifying people. (similarity 0.81)
• Racial essences gained epistemic force from strategic shifting attributes, not fixed ones. (similarity 0.81)
• Racialization mutates with the power interests that institutionalize it, not fixed phenotypes. (similarity 0.81)
• Omi and Winant define race as an unstable complex transformed by political struggle (similarity 0.80)
• Race categories shift with historical power configurations (similarity 0.79)
• South Asian racial classification has been fluid and contested in the US. (similarity 0.79)
• Racialization is a changing process where context shapes anti-racism too (similarity 0.79)
• Racial categories are unstable social meanings reshaped by political struggle (similarity 0.78)
• Racial formation is an unstable process transformed by political struggle (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Racialization shifts with the political interests of those in power #expands (0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 86
• Sociological approaches insist race and ethnicity have autonomous, non-reducible effects #contradicts (0.50)
• Modes of determination allow ideological superstructures more than a residual role #qualifies (0.50)
• Economic and sociological paradigms of race define themselves through mutual correction #corroborates (0.40)