as in supremacists
a person who believes that one race is superior to others
a racist facing hate crime charges
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Recent Examples of racists
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.
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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
For them, a highly permissive interpretation of free-speech law gives cover to racists, and a permissive interpretation of the principle of academic freedom allows for the perpetuation of exclusionary scholarship.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Online anti-Palestinian accounts disguise a relentless and vicious campaign to intimidate people into silence by falsely portraying them as racists, and sanction them by proxy by pressuring employers for swift termination.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Perhaps in this dimension, the racists have taken over.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Maybe the anti-racist racists will have to do that this year.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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
For them, a highly permissive interpretation of free-speech law gives cover to racists, and a permissive interpretation of the principle of academic freedom allows for the perpetuation of exclusionary scholarship.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Online anti-Palestinian accounts disguise a relentless and vicious campaign to intimidate people into silence by falsely portraying them as racists, and sanction them by proxy by pressuring employers for swift termination.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Perhaps in this dimension, the racists have taken over.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Maybe the anti-racist racists will have to do that this year.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Racists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racists. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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