race-baiting

[reys-beyting]

noun

1. 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.

2. any rhetoric or act that pits one racial group against another or incites racial hatred.

Other Word Forms

• race-baiter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of race-baiting¹

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