racial justice
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of racial justice
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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The judge says the court hasn’t removed Judge Ramon Ocasio, who has written on racial justice, the Civil Rights Act and mass deportations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
She said she hoped the service would help raise awareness of racial justice and encourage both people and churches to be more welcoming to those from different backgrounds.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
Ann Baddour is the director of the Fair Financial Services Project at Texas Appleseed, a nonprofit organization focused on social, economic and racial justice issues in the Lone Star state.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
Basheer also saw how conflicts among Black activist groups at the time risked obscuring the shared objectives of racial justice and uplift.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025
He argued then that the time had come for racial justice advocates to shift from a civil rights to a human rights paradigm, and that the real work of movement building had only just begun.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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