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bigotry

[big-uh-tree] / ˈbɪg ə tri /


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Before Alphy, past seasons featured arcs about its citizens and vicars confronting bigotry.

From Salon Jun. 16, 2026

Khan Valbuena believes his lived experience as a gay Muslim who has faced bigotry will bring a compassionate perspective to a bench some complain is overrun with old-school tough-on-crime prosecutors.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

Overall, the show opened our eyes to bigotry and racism while at the same time making us laugh.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

Miller has denied being animated by racism or bigotry.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2026

A free concert at the Lincoln Memorial would attract thousands of people, far more than any auditorium could hold, and would send a powerful message of defiance against the injustice of bigotry and racial discrimination.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman

As generations of Jews around the world know better than anyone, nationalism often breeds antisemitism and other bigotries.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 10, 2025

Those last two groups are notable because Cohn was himself both Jewish and gay, yet evinced an odd inability to see how the bigotries he cultivated against others like him reflected on himself.

From Salon Oct. 6, 2024

“There is a greater resilience with respect to these kinds of bigotries because of both the destruction of the internet and the the down-sloping direction of civic discourse,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2024

To Donohue, who is 74, any talk of Satanic influences in the church is more likely to smack of older bigotries, rather than newer, thrilling, conspiracy theories.

From Slate Apr. 28, 2022

He had his prejudicies, and his partialities, and his bigotries, and his blindnesses,—but on the same fruit-tree you see shrivelled pears or apples on the same branch with jargonelles or golden pippins worthy of paradise.

From Famous Reviews by R. Brimley Johnson




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