RACE-BAITING Definition & Meaning

race-baiting

[reys-beyting]

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noun

acts of racist provocation, especially in speech and writing, including racial dog whistles, hate speech, threats, and other forms of harassment targeting one or more racial groups or members of such a group, often in the context of political or cultural polemics.
any rhetoric or act that pits one racial group against another or incites racial hatred.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

race-baiter noun

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of race-baiting¹

First recorded in 1940–45; race ² ( def. ) + -baiting ( def. )

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The SNP's chief executive, Carol Beattie, said in a letter to the social media firm that the video "crosses the line into race-baiting and scapegoating".

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Rasool was a "race-baiting politician" who was "no longer welcome in our great country".

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In March, South Africa's ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, was expelled after accusing President Trump of using "white victimhood as a dog whistle", leading to the US accusing Mr Rasool of "race-baiting".

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Later, George Wallace’s common-man routine was thinly disguised race-baiting.

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Ebrahim Rasool, 62, was ordered to leave the US last week after Secretary of State Marco Rubio called him a "race-baiting politician who hates America".

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