racial

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adjective ra·cial \ˈrā-shəl\

Definition of racial

1 : of, relating to, or based on a race a racial minority
2 : existing or occurring between races racial equality

racially

play \-shə-lē\ adverb

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Examples of racial in a Sentence

What is your racial identity?
There was racial tension on campus.

Recent Examples of racial from the Web

While excluding black people, American university scholars were simultaneously teaching their students that black people deserved to be enslaved due to their racial inferiority.

— lincoln anthony blades, Teen Vogue, "Colleges and Universities are Becoming Less White, and Republicans Like Them Less," 20 July 2017
Hughes’ teams won five state championships: two UIL titles at Dunbar and three titles in the Prairie View Interscholastic League at Terrell during an era of racial segregation.

— eric zarate, star-telegram, "Basketball legend Robert Hughes to be honored by Texas coaches," 19 July 2017
The main explanation for the racial gap is that black babies are much more likely than white ones to be born prematurely.

— The Economist, "Progress pausedThe decline in mortality among black babies has stopped," 15 July 2017
The three-minute video, which shows Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala being pulled over by two unidentified officers, went viral on Wednesday, raising questions about #drivingwhileblack and racial profiling.

— paula rogo, Essence.com, "Was This Black State Attorney Racially Profiled By Traffic Police?," 13 July 2017
Much of the work, by artists on both sides of the 'color divide' bares impressions of history and includes racial violence.

— elizabeth kramer, The Courier-Journal, "Speed Art Museum's ambitious Southern Accent show is a 'jukebox experience'," 12 July 2017
While tensions have been running high in recent years between police and black people around the country, there was no immediate indication the killing had a racial dimension.

— karen matthews, The Seattle Times, "Police look into what prompted deadly ambush of officer," 5 July 2017
Snowfall is full of moments like this—scenes and interludes that attempt to put the complex racial and geopolitical dynamics of the 1980s drug trade in context.

— sophie gilbert, The Atlantic, "Snowfall Considers the Origins of the Crack Epidemic," 5 July 2017
Umpire Angel Hernandez filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against Major League Baseball.

— c. trent rosecrans, Cincinnati.com, "BAR: Of All-Stars and donkeys," 5 July 2017

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