racism
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Mr. Berg, unlike Messrs. Spielberg and Gibson, shines a light on the barbarism and racism of some U.S. troops and the staggering number of civilian casualties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Le Pen called for a "relentless" investigation and said it was "despicable" if racism was the shooter's motive.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
But it also describes what happened in the U.S. in the 1960s, when protests over racism, the Vietnam War, and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. sometimes escalated into riots.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026
And Donte King, whose family endures racism both subtle and blatant, praises the filmmakers’ attempts to humanize people with contrasting viewpoints, saying he was pleased with getting to tell his story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Prominent black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells was a vocal critic of the suffragist movement’s racism.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing racism
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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President Biden's Inaugural Speech (January 2021)
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