racist

as in supremacist
a person who believes that one race is superior to others a racist facing hate crime charges

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Recent Examples of racist Zemmour was convicted multiple times of inciting racist or religious hatred. Adriana Gomez Licon, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025 Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far-right French leader who espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric and was convicted of Holocaust denial, has died at 96. Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025 But even a glimpse of the history shows how city leaders, school officials, real estate interests and overtly violent racists colluded to maintain segregation and inequality in cities such as Chicago. Erik Wallenberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025 One was a group of reactionary racists and the other was fanatical Marxists. Evan Thies, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for racist 

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“Racist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racist. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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