race-baiting

[ reys-beyting ]

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noun

acts of racist provocation, especially in speech and writing, including racial dog whistles, hate speech, threats, and other forms of harassment targeting one or more racial groups or members of such a group, often in the context of political or cultural polemics.
any rhetoric or act that pits one racial group against another or incites racial hatred.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of race-baiting¹

First recorded in 1940–45; race ²( def ) + -baiting ( def )

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Later, George Wallace’s common-man routine was thinly disguised race-baiting.

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Ebrahim Rasool, 62, was ordered to leave the US last week after Secretary of State Marco Rubio called him a "race-baiting politician who hates America".

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The US expelled Ebrahim Rasool earlier in March, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio describing him as a "race-baiting politician".

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I also don’t have a huge problem with Democrats sitting down with the Charlie Kirks of the world, as odious as some of his antisemitic, race-baiting and Trump-worshipping comments have been.

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Last week the US expelled South Africa's ambassador to Washington, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio describing him as a "race-baiting politician".

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