race riot

noun

1. a riot resulting from animosity or tensions between racial or ethnic groups.

race riot

noun

1. a riot among members of different races in the same community

Word History and Origins

Origin of race riot¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

Historically, Springfield, Ohio, like other U.S. cities, has experienced major racial conflict and segregation tracing back to the city’s early 1900s race riots.

From Salon

The following year would bring the Red Summer of 1919, when fatal race riots and white terrorism would strike dozens of cities and towns across the country, from Washington, D.C., to Bisbee, Ariz.

From Seattle Times

Overnight he was catapulted from what he called a “ghetto” engulfed in race riots to a refined world of American wealth.

From Seattle Times

Ndinda said their marriage was reported in newspapers and on television from the UK and Kenya to the United States and some reports said there was a threat of race riots.

From BBC

That in fact, things like enslavement or race riots, we could just make this whole list, were just about a few bad actors and the reality was always this trajectory toward a triumphant future.

From Salon