race riot

noun

: a riot caused by racial dissensions or hatreds

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An influential pastor and civil rights leader who used his tenure at one of Los Angeles’ oldest churches to uplift the predominantly Black neighborhoods following one of the country’s worst race riots. Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024 Examples include the 1943 Detroit race riot and 1967 uprising, multiple eras of discriminatory policing and the 1992 killing of Malice Green, a failure to address the educational needs of Black students, redlining and the construction of freeways and industrial factories in Black neighborhoods. Malachi Barrett, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024 In August, Musk boosted a fake news headline purporting to be from the Telegraph that said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was considering building 'emergency detainment camps' on the Falkland Islands to detain prisoners from an outbreak of race riots in the country. Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 The doc comes after a series of race riots that took place in cities across the UK this summer and lasted just under a week. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for race riot 

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of race riot was in 1890

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“Race riot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/race%20riot. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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