race riot
a riot resulting from animosity or tensions between racial or ethnic groups.
Origin of race riot
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How to use race riot in a sentence
A rally against African migrants turns violent and a race riot ensues; the whole thing is repeated a week later.
Still, last night in the Hatikva neighborhood of Tel Aviv, what began as an anti-immigration rally turned into a race riot.
Mountains of material about welfare cheats and animals and arming oneself for the coming race riot and so on.
Ron Paul: Batty Old Reactionary for President | Michael Tomasky | December 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTSegregation always meant either the quiet or the violent form of a race riot.
The same NAACP that was launched due to a race riot in Springfield, Illinois.
I do not believe that the race relation in Chicago is the better for the race riot.
The Soul of John Brown | Stephen GrahamA little more and that affair could have growed into a first-class race riot.
Sundry Accounts | Irvin S. CobbAnd yet last April this quiet old town was shaken by a race riot.
Following the Color Line | Ray Stannard BakerIt was therefore considered very extraordinary that a race riot should break out in the city.
The Soul of John Brown | Stephen GrahamIt was the first race riot that had ever taken place in Knoxville, and all reputable people were sorry for it.
The Soul of John Brown | Stephen Graham
British Dictionary definitions for race riot
a riot among members of different races in the same community
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