Racialized Burdens: Applying Racialized Organization Theory to the Administrative State

Abstract This article develops the concept of racialized burdens as a means examining role race in administrative practice. Racialized are experience learning, compliance and psychological costs that serve inequality reproducing mechanisms. To develop this concept, we examine US state from theoretical perspective organizations. Using examples attempts to access citizenship rights—via immigration, voting social safety net—we illustrate some key points. First, combine control resources ideas about racial groups ways typically disadvantage racially marginalized groups. Second, while still promising fair equal treatment, disproportionate can be laundered through facially neutral rules via claims necessary for unrelated reasons. Third, emerge when more explicit forms bias policies or practices become illegal, politically untenable culturally unacceptable. neatly carry out “how” production concealing, providing an alibi for, “why.”