race relations

noun

1. (functioning as plural) the relations between members of two or more human races, esp within a single community

2. (functioning as singular) the branch of sociology concerned with such relations

Example Sentences

Catholic clergy had no problem celebrating Kirk, whose positions on immigration, Palestine, climate change, race relations, and a host of other issues were entirely at odds with the Vatican’s.

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“The meeting was held at an undisclosed location in Manhattan. The group reportedly told him that an ‘explosive situation’ had developed in race relations in the North that, potentially, was at least equal to the growing racial strife in the South.”

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A controversial South African politician central to a row over race relations in the country has been denied entry to the UK.

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"They have brought discredit on the Metropolitan Police and upset race relations yet further between the police and minority communities."

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A senior figure from South Africa's ruling ANC party has defended his country's sovereignty amid growing tensions with the US over race relations and a new land law.

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