race riot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of race riot
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Malaysian social media users on Monday reported a slew of posts on short video platform TikTok after the election that mentioned a deadly race riot in Kuala Lumpur on May 13, 1969.
From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2022
“Sometimes the prediction of a race riot is an invitation to riot,” King explained.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2020
“If they cannot rely on its intelligence about a pandemic or about who’s responsible for violence during a race riot or the trajectory of a hurricane, what are they there for?”
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2020
And the Tulsa race riot, which wiped out what was, in 1921, one of the most affluent black communities in America.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2019
After the Detroit race riot in 1943, presidential assistant Jonathan Daniels had organized a committee to deal with racial troubles.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor
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