as in ethnic
of, relating to, or reflecting the traits exhibited by a group of people with a common ancestry and culture
a survey that included an optional question regarding racial identity, age, and other personal information
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Recent Examples of racial
Their suit argues that the state legislature’s 2024 redistricting plan—Senate Bill 8, known as SB 8—constituted an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Most controversially, Herrnstein and Murray entertain the possibility that socioeconomic and educational differences among racial groups could be explained by differences in their IQ scores, and that these differences are at least partially attributable to genetic differences among the groups.
—Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
Some of that change is attributed to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, including a provision aimed at giving racial minorities an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect candidates of their choice.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Under this interpretation, Section 2’s nondiscrimination requirement means that congressional districts must be drawn in a way that allows large, politically cohesive and compact racial minorities to be able to elect representatives of their choice.
—Sam D. Hayes, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Most controversially, Herrnstein and Murray entertain the possibility that socioeconomic and educational differences among racial groups could be explained by differences in their IQ scores, and that these differences are at least partially attributable to genetic differences among the groups.
—Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
Some of that change is attributed to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, including a provision aimed at giving racial minorities an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect candidates of their choice.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Under this interpretation, Section 2’s nondiscrimination requirement means that congressional districts must be drawn in a way that allows large, politically cohesive and compact racial minorities to be able to elect representatives of their choice.
—Sam D. Hayes, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racial
Adjective
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Eastern Syria is where risks of ethnic tension, tribal mobilization, and jihadist resurgence converge, if talks fail.—
Hassan Hassan,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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Further, while Scorsese’s early work shouted New York as its ethnic hub, Anderson films tend to be culturally ambiguous.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Genocide is defined as attempting to partly or wholly destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.—
Ellie Cook
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The United Nations broadly defines genocide as seriously harming or killing members of a group with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2022
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“Racial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racial. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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