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racially

racially

75 4.4
In a way that is about people's skin colour or where they come from
  • adverb
  • /ˈreɪʃəli/
translation icon : racialmente
  • Senator Johnson credited him with promoting a more racially tolerant climate in Atlanta.
  • racially and ethnically
  • racially diverse
  • racially and culturally

Then there's those bizarre racially segregated Zoom calls.

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Examples

  • The school community now boasts of its broad diversity, both racially and economically.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Among large cities, Chicago happens to be the most racially segregated metropolis in the nation.

    Academic text (1991)
  • No, we're not going to profile, racially, our clients.

  • Half of the magnet high schools are more racially integrated than the district average.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In the summer of 1917, a rash of racially motivated mob violence swept the country.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Thus, the Canal Zone became a racially and socially segregated enclave, set apart from Panama.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Systemic racism means that we have a system that was designed to to perpetuate racially disparate outcomes and continues to do so.

  • The gentleman they assaulted is African-American, so it's possible... that their overzealousness was racially motivated.

  • She says dividing the world up ethnically or racially was a deliberate and sustained event that grew.

  • The city's population is racially diverse, representing many different ethnic groups.

Compounds

9.9

Insensitive about people's race and may offend them

Surface Forms

racially positive

Morphology

racially = racial (transparent) = race + al + ly

Formed by 'racial' (race + -al) + '-ly'; the adverbial meaning 'in a way relating to race' is directly derived.

Etymology

Racially comes from the word race, which was used for a 'group' or 'line' of people, and the ending -ly means 'in a way'. So, racially means 'in a way that relates to race'.