racial discrimination

Noun

Meaning

discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

racism racialism discrimination bias segregation intolerance bigotry chauvinism apartheid colour bar racial profiling racial segregation color line color bar ethnicism

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Antonyms

tolerance multiculturalism cosmopolitanism anti-racism cultural awareness racial harmony

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Hypernyms

discrimination favoritism favouritism

Hyponyms

racial profiling

Examples

I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over. Jimmy Carter

Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy. Trent Lott

A new era has begun in South Africa. My government is removing racial discrimination. We want to be accepted by our African brothers. Pik Botha

A lack of good governance, political instability, declining law and order situation, racial discrimination and lack of opportunities are the major reasons driving people away from Fiji. Mahendra Chaudhry

Happily, the days when overt racial discrimination and segregation were championed by social conservatives are long past. George Takei

Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial discrimination is prohibited, and where the people can live freely? Never! I can assure you, they will never fight against either the Soviet Union or the peoples' democracies. Paul Robeson

Close letter words and terms

racial bigotry racial class racial community racial diversity racial divisions racial extermination