race riot

noun

: a riot caused by racial dissensions or hatreds

Examples of race riot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This period is now called the Great American Divide—the time following the severe beating of Rodney King by the Los Angeles Police Department in 1991 and the subsequent race riots. —

Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 7 June 2024 In 1970, race riots in Asbury Park motivated the family to move to the mostly White suburb Wayside in Ocean Township, New Jersey. —

Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024 After the six-plus months of race riots inspired by Black Lives Matter in 2020, the windows don’t evoke peaceful protest or reconciliation, either. —

Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024 The future Supreme Court justice was nearly lynched outside Columbia in 1946 after defending two Black men charged in a race riot. —

Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for race riot

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