racial discrimination

NOUN

prejudice based on race

Synonyms

WEAK

anti-Semitism race discrimination race prejudice race snobbery racialism racism

Example Sentences

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These all concern the prevention of sexual or racial discrimination in areas like employment and access to services.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

In Callais, Alito also promised that he was not diminishing the constitutional guarantee against “present-day intentional racial discrimination regarding voting.”

From Slate • May 12, 2026

As well as aiding the Allied fight against fascism, Baker was a leading voice against racial discrimination in her homeland, and spoke alongside Martin Luther King Jr. at the 1963 march on Washington.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Another key DOJ office, the Civil Rights Division’s voting section, had enforced federal laws that protect voting rights, particularly those that combat racial discrimination.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

That reality helps to explain why African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington urged blacks to focus on improving themselves rather than on challenging racial discrimination.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander