Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
- transitive verb To arouse the prejudices or fears of (one racial group) regarding another.
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- verb To engage in
race baiting
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Examples
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In South Carolina, the Republican Party consolidated its power through a poisonous race-bait politics, as it did throughout the South.
Rev. Jesse Jackson: The New South Is Legacy of Martin Luther King Rev. Jesse Jackson 2012
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That background gets spilled in pre-Election race-bait on tap at the moment.
Charles D. Ellison: The "New" Face of Voter Intimidation 2010
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It's a little sad how Hillary has to pander to the uneducated Americans and race-bait and they fall for it.
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So the Clinton's race-bait, and then turn around and blame Obama for the nastiness, telling Whites it'd be the most natural thing in the world to vote against Obama because he's Black -- patriotic, too.
Hillary Spokesperson: Obama Campaign's Attacks Are "Based On Lies" 2009
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Moreover, the fact that his supporters continue to race-bait the Clintons and make specious and scurrilous charges of racism against them after he's asked them not to pretty much shows how little consensus building and mobilizing ability Obama really has: none.
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Now that they've shown themselves willing to race-bait one of their own icons, how much lower will they go?
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Wait a minute. .if he doesn't take Hillary's race-bait, what will Hillary do?
Obama: Hillary's Martin Luther King Remark Not "Racial" Comment 2009
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Why can't Sarah Palin and John McCain and Joe the sometime American taxpayer be free to race-bait and incite hatred as our Constitution should guarantee them!?
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Um, it would help if she wouldn't race-bait everytime she and her surrogates open their mouths at this point.
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I'm truly convinced though that once this immediate controversy is over, Obama will be a stronger candidate and will allow him to get back on message rather than responding to the race-bait by Clinton surrogates and the MSM.
Obama Giving Crucial Speech On Racial Issues This Morning 2009
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