racial tension
Intergroup hostility, ethnicity-based
Racial tension is hostility, suspicion, or unease between people of different races.
It may simmer beneath the surface or erupt into open conflict: Racial tensions flared after the verdict.
The phrase often appears in news coverage of protests, police incidents, or demographic shifts in neighborhoods: The city has a long history of racial tension.
- protestsPublic expressions of opposition
- racial profilingLaw enforcement by skin color
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- segregationForced separation by group
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
marginalization · systemic racism · xenophobia · stereotyping · microaggressions · white privilege · mistrust · economic disparity · inequality · racism · Ferguson · riots · Rodney King · Black Lives Matter · redlining · color line · trauma · hate speech
- tensiontautness, tightness, strain, stiffness, rigidity
- social critiquesocial injustice, inequality, expose, muckraking, polemic
- Southern GothicWilliam Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, grotesque
- social issuesinequality, racism, poverty, illiteracy, homelessness
- South AfricaCape Town, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela, Pretoria, Durban
- racismracism, racial bias, white supremacy, racial discrimination, bigotry
racial tensionracial harmony
Peaceful multiethnic coexistence
racial unity · racial reconciliation · racial healing · social cohesion · brotherhood
racial tensionsocial cohesion
Group unity and belonging
racial integration · integration · inclusivity · social unity · racial equality