race relations
Britishnoun
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(functioning as plural) the relations between members of two or more human races, esp within a single community
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(functioning as singular) the branch of sociology concerned with such relations
Example Sentences
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Thousands of South Africans marched Saturday to demand respect for their nation's sovereignty after months of pressure from US President Donald Trump on issues from trade to race relations.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
He writes about race relations with similar candor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
And he believes - like Mockingbird - the stories have something to say about modern race relations in the US which is "part of the continuing relevance of what she wrote".
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025
“Hearing about slavery and race relations and all the pain that comes up around that topic, I had zero interest in seeing it,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2024
But like he tried to tell Siobhan, he had learned a few things about race relations in his time away.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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