People from the Middle East have been considered "white" in the US for some time, but since September 11, anyone with brown skin who seems foreign or strange is now considered "different" and possibly an enemy. This is an example of:

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Sanai Snow

Social Studies

28 August, 06:31

People from the Middle East have been considered "white" in the US for some time, but since September 11, anyone with brown skin who seems foreign or strange is now considered "different" and possibly an enemy. This is an example of:

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Helena York · Answer 1

Racialization

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Racialization: In sociology, the term racialization is also referred to as ethnicization and is defined as the process that ascribes racial or ethnic identities of a specific social practice, relationship, or group that is not able to identify itself on its own. In racialization, a particular group including people are being singled out due to the unique treatment based on imagined or real physical characteristics.

In the question above, the given statement is an example of racialization.