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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Justice, defence and crime ministers held an "urgent meeting" to finalise a "plan to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance", the government said.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

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

The chief justice declared that the way to end racial discrimination was to stop discriminating based on race.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

In early July, Martin Luther King Jr., one of Johnson’s biggest allies in the struggle to end racial discrimination, spoke out against the war while addressing civil rights leaders in Virginia.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge