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racist

Definition for racist

adjective as in bigoted

noun as in bigot

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Mr. Ferguson, who was born in Jamaica, was carrying scraps of paper with what police described at the time as “racist jottings” against whites and Asians.

That’s exactly what we’re talking about: Some mishmash misreading of Shakespeare’s “Henry V” mixed with the myth of Winston Churchill, that unregenerate racist curmudgeon turned right-wing godhead, has curdled Elon’s brain.

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In an emotional speech he said he had hoped that by ignoring racist attacks and sticking to a central message, it would allow him to be more than just his faith.

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Five years ago he called police “racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety,” but as the Democratic nominee he says his views have changed.

Conspiracist and racist fantasies of the old right have been beyond the pale for Republicans since the 1960s.

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