as in racist
a person who believes that one race is superior to others
unfortunately, there are still racialists who adhere to the belief that there is one superior race
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racist
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Here, teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
22 Oct. 2025 -
Republicans are inadvertently playing into Democrats’ greatest strength with these voters—the sense that Republicans are racists who don’t want them here.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Racialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racialist. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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