race-baiting
noun
race-bait·ing
ˈrās-ˌbā-tiŋ 
often attributive
: the making of verbal attacks against members of a racial group
Examples of race-baiting in a Sentence
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Moreover, the current mayor has resorted to race-baiting, further dividing the city, and has pursued a socialist agenda to Chicago’s detriment and its taxpayers.
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Juan Rangel, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
She’s already parlayed her race-baiting brand into millions of dollars, including that new mansion of hers in Edgartown, despite having no college degree and a jailbird husband.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
Fox has become a pariah in the entertainment industry because of his anti-immigration rhetoric, race-baiting, and misogyny.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 July 2025
The hosts also talk about the Fanatics Games, a blend of Pros vs. Joes and MrBeast’s YouTube channel; the good (big ratings) and bad (social race-baiting) about the WNBA‘s opening weekend; and the sale of LiveBarn, the youth sports streaming platform whose backers include Susquehanna and Ares.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 22 May 2025
Historians have focused instead on role of Prime Minister Mackenzie King, Cabinet Minister Ian MacKenzie, and race-baiting politicians in British Columbia.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Mar. 2025
And yet for a party and movement built in part on exclusion and a campaign marked at times by race-baiting, there were conspicuous overtures to diversity and inclusion, and sly acknowledgments of the power of the multiracial stew of American pop.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
But three days before the election, the former President returned to a state he’s won twice to make an explicit race-baiting appeal to the other gender.
—Eric Cortellessa / Gastonia, TIME, 3 Nov. 2024
Between the lines: Trump and Obama loathe each other, and the attacks between them veer into race-baiting and schoolyard taunts.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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Juan Rangel, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
She’s already parlayed her race-baiting brand into millions of dollars, including that new mansion of hers in Edgartown, despite having no college degree and a jailbird husband.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
Fox has become a pariah in the entertainment industry because of his anti-immigration rhetoric, race-baiting, and misogyny.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 July 2025
The hosts also talk about the Fanatics Games, a blend of Pros vs. Joes and MrBeast’s YouTube channel; the good (big ratings) and bad (social race-baiting) about the WNBA‘s opening weekend; and the sale of LiveBarn, the youth sports streaming platform whose backers include Susquehanna and Ares.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 22 May 2025
Historians have focused instead on role of Prime Minister Mackenzie King, Cabinet Minister Ian MacKenzie, and race-baiting politicians in British Columbia.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Mar. 2025
And yet for a party and movement built in part on exclusion and a campaign marked at times by race-baiting, there were conspicuous overtures to diversity and inclusion, and sly acknowledgments of the power of the multiracial stew of American pop.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
But three days before the election, the former President returned to a state he’s won twice to make an explicit race-baiting appeal to the other gender.
—Eric Cortellessa / Gastonia, TIME, 3 Nov. 2024
Between the lines: Trump and Obama loathe each other, and the attacks between them veer into race-baiting and schoolyard taunts.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Race-baiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/race-baiting. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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