race-baiting

Definition of race-baitingnext

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Recent Examples of race-baiting 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 And as strong a partner as ESPN is for WWE, this type of race-baiting is something other partners don’t provide. Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 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
  • In the District of Columbia, federal Judge Ana Reyes said comments from Noem about Haitians showed prejudice.
    Jay Weaver July 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • An alleged child-abuse drama which cleverly plays with audiences own sense of prejudice, the work is hailed in its native Catalonia as a modern Catalan classic.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • The wall of xenophobia and bigotry, turned on its side, can be a table.
    Josh Fox, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
  • That makes her villainous status even harder to shed, as many players and media members seemingly wear their bigotry toward her as a badge of honor.
    Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026

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“Race-baiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/race-baiting. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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