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racist

[rey-sist] / ˈreɪ sɪst /




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In a press release Mr. Tucker describes “Othello” as “an extremely racist play”—an arguable if not dubious assertion, and one that isn’t much illuminated by the production.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley referred to a rise in "racist and antisemitic hate crime" while speaking in Golders Green on Wednesday.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Concanon was ultimately found not to have sent any racist texts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Meyer, 78, played a key role as one of the chief mediators, alongside Ramaphosa, during the talks to end the racist system of white-minority rule known as apartheid in South Africa in the 1990s.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

“I didn’t accuse,” Mr. Mwila said, as cool as Sidney Poitier telling off the white racist sheriff in the movie In the Heat of the Night.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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