as in supremacist
a person who believes that one race is superior to others
a racist facing hate crime charges
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Recent Examples of racist
The event was billed as an economic pitch to New Yorkers, but that message was drowned out by a circus of crude and at times, flat-out racist, remarks from some of the introductory speakers.
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Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
The Trump campaign has been besieged in the last days of the 2024 election after his New York rally Sunday featured speakers spewing racist and sexist remarks echoing Nazi language, and the Albuquerque, N.M., visit gave the campaign a chance for a visual reset.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
But the company was also hit by harsh criticism for its use of mostly white models and for selling T-shirts that were deemed racist.
—Adam Reiss, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Ford was brought in as a reformer to clean up the city’s police force after the discovery that cops were exchanging racist, sexist and homophobic texts.
—East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
The Trump campaign has been besieged in the last days of the 2024 election after his New York rally Sunday featured speakers spewing racist and sexist remarks echoing Nazi language, and the Albuquerque, N.M., visit gave the campaign a chance for a visual reset.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
But the company was also hit by harsh criticism for its use of mostly white models and for selling T-shirts that were deemed racist.
—Adam Reiss, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Ford was brought in as a reformer to clean up the city’s police force after the discovery that cops were exchanging racist, sexist and homophobic texts.
—East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Racist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racist. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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