racial attack
Hate-motivated violence
A racial attack is an act of violence or aggression motivated by the victim's race or ethnicity.
The term covers physical assaults, verbal harassment, and property damage when racial hostility is the driving factor: The graffiti on the synagogue was investigated as a racial attack.
In legal contexts, establishing racial motivation can elevate charges or sentencing.
- hate crimeOffense motivated by prejudice
- hate groupOrganization promoting hostility toward demographics
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- violent crimeOffense involving force or threat
- violenceHarmful physical force
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- hate crimeshate crime, hate groups, hate crime laws, white supremacy, anti-Semitism
racial attackracial harmony
Peaceful multiethnic coexistence
racial solidarity · racial reconciliation · racial unity · racial healing · racial integration
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