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  • verb Alternative spelling of racialize.

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Examples

  • Let's not "racialise" the immigration debate because of the BNP.

    Pickled Politics 2009

  • ¿Could not be the case that the obsession with racism does not only help to undermine it which it surely does, please do not get me wrong, but also makes it harder for people to live outside race, that is, to de-racialise their identities and everyday live?

    MORE OLYMPIC CONTROVERSY: UPDATE » Sociological Images 2008

  • The Portfolio Committee fully supports the leadership provided by the President of Cricket SA in implementing the transformation policy of CSA and his efforts to de-racialise the sport.

    ANC Caucus Study Group rejects a motion of no confidence in Cricket SA President 2008

  • Critical amongst these policies was how we must use our ascendancy to power to de-racialise the economy and ensure gender equality.

    Address by Comrade Jeff Radebe, member of the ANC National Executive Committee, at the ANC Mpumalanga Provincial Conference 2008

  • One would imagine that before one could re-racialise a society, one would first have to successfully de-racialise it.

    ANC Today 2007

  • One would imagine that before one could re-racialise a society, one would first have to successfully de-racialise it.

    ANC Today 2007

  • But years down the line, Mbeki is perceived to have helped re-racialise South African society through his frequent statements on economic and other inequalities between black and white.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • In the light of all this, the DA may argue that the UK, the US and the EU are, like us, trying to "re-racialise" their societies.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Wesizwe chief Solomon said the predominantly black ownership was in line with government plans to de-racialise the mining sector and added that the firm was aiming for a listing on the Johannesburg

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • "It may be necessary to reflect at this conference as to what kind of transformation do we want in order to broaden participation ... and thereby de-racialise and become inclusive,"

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

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