race relations

British  

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

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Example Sentences

Of the 30 signs at the site when I visited in August 2025 for an article I wrote for the Claremont Review of Books, 25 concerned slavery or race relations.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Sinners" surprised moviegoers with its eclectic mix of vampires, politics, race relations and blues music.

From Barron's

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

To Kill A Mockingbird "had a huge influence on the way a lot of people thought about race relations in the United States".

From BBC

“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.”

From Slate