race riot
noun
: a riot caused by racial dissensions or hatreds
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Sadly, some of the issues that led to the race riot are still being confronted today. 
Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 LeMoyne-Owen College faced a similar incident in 1866, when it was destroyed in a fire that occurred during a race riot known as the Memphis Massacre, which killed 46 Black people. Airielle Lowe, CNN, 31 May 2022 Now, 142 years later, the city of Denver is formally apologizing for the incident, believed to be the Mile High City’s first race riot. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022 That included the dissolution of the city’s Chinatown, a decadeslong vanishing act after an anti-Chinese race riot. Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2022 In the blink of an eye, this protest becomes a full-scale race riot from out of the Civil Rights era. Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2022 During a race riot in Harlem, he was shot in the leg. New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022 Others survived the worst race riot in Chicago history. Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 24 Feb. 2022 In 1972, a race riot erupted on board as Black sailors, frustrated with racist attitudes among White crew members, roved the ship beating their fellow sailors with pipes and wrenches. San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2022 See More
Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 LeMoyne-Owen College faced a similar incident in 1866, when it was destroyed in a fire that occurred during a race riot known as the Memphis Massacre, which killed 46 Black people. Airielle Lowe, CNN, 31 May 2022 Now, 142 years later, the city of Denver is formally apologizing for the incident, believed to be the Mile High City’s first race riot. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022 That included the dissolution of the city’s Chinatown, a decadeslong vanishing act after an anti-Chinese race riot. Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2022 In the blink of an eye, this protest becomes a full-scale race riot from out of the Civil Rights era. Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2022 During a race riot in Harlem, he was shot in the leg. New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022 Others survived the worst race riot in Chicago history. Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 24 Feb. 2022 In 1972, a race riot erupted on board as Black sailors, frustrated with racist attitudes among White crew members, roved the ship beating their fellow sailors with pipes and wrenches. San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above