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In reply to the discussion: Why was Bernie Sander's audience at Morehouse College, an HBCU, predominantly White? [View all]berniepdx420
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race-bait
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also race·bait
verb
race-bait·ed, race-bait·ing, race-baits also race·bait·ed or race·bait·ing or race·baits
intransitive verb
To arouse the prejudice or fears of one racial group regarding another, especially as a political tactic.
transitive verb
To attack (another) on racial grounds, as for being a racist or for inciting racial prejudice.
To arouse the prejudices or fears of (one racial group) regarding another.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition Copyright © 2013 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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the unfair use of statements about race to try to influence the actions or attitudes of a particular group of people
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Oxford dictionary offers the most straightforward definition of race-baiting as the incitement or exploitation of racial hatred, prejudice, or tension, usually
for political gain.
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Essentially, race-baiting has occurred when candidates are willing to make full use of and derive benefit from preying on implicit racial prejudicesracial divisiveness as a campaign strategy, as The Atlantic puts it.
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