race riot
noun/ˈreɪs raɪət/
/ˈreɪs raɪət/
(becoming old-fashioned)- violent behaviour between people of different races living in the same community
- The city had the worst race riot in its history.
- He writes that the so-called Tulsa Race Riot was actually the violent destruction by whites of an African-American district.
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