race-baiting

Definition of race-baitingnext

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Recent Examples of race-baiting He's race-baiting to appease the people who shamed him for his previous juvenile lifestyle, while quietly surrounding himself with mostly white men. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Or was the issue simply that dunking on DINKs is a riskier gambit for graduates of Yale Law School than race-baiting? — Matthew Walther, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026 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. — Juan Rangel, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for race-baiting
Noun
  • Previously, Electrek reported that Black Tesla workers at the facility were subjected to racial prejudice by way of wage discrimination, segregation, and racial slurs.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Justice Department later dismissed its criminal case against Martinez with prejudice.
    — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In many places, French’s unapologetic, unvarnished bigotry would be disqualifying.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Even amid extraordinary acts of solidarity, Muslim, Arab, and South Asian Americans were subjected to hatred and bigotry, some of which persists today.
    — Steven Fulop, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Race-baiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/race-baiting. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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