race riots
11Riots and pogroms in Sri Lanka — Following is a List of riots and pogroms in Sri Lanka.1915 riotsThe first reported organized riots in Sri Lanka were against the minority Sri Lankan Muslims in 1915. [ [http://www.lines magazine.org/bestcrit/Zachariya Shan.html Communalisation of …
12race riot — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms race riot : singular race riot plural race riots an occasion when people of different races who live in the same community fight violently against each other …
13race riot — noun a riot caused by hatred for one another of members of different races in the same community • Hypernyms: ↑riot, ↑public violence * * * noun, pl ⋯ ots [count] : a violent fight between people of different races : a riot that is caused by… …
14Urban riots — Riots often occur in reaction to a perceived grievance or out of dissent. Riots may be the outcome of a sporting event, although many riots have occurred due to poor working or living conditions, government oppression, conflicts between races or… …
15race — race1 /rays/, n., v., raced, racing. n. 1. a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing. 2. races, a series of races, usually of horses or dogs, run at a set time over a regular course: They spent a day at the races. 3. any… …
16Race — /rays/, n. Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland. * * * I Term once commonly used in physical anthropology to denote a division of humankind possessing traits that are transmissible by descent and sufficient to characterize it as a… …
17Race and Ethnic Relations — ▪ 1995 Introduction Europe. Elections to the European Parliament in 1994 produced defeats for fascist parties in Germany and The Netherlands, with fascist or ultraright parties winning seats only in Belgium, France, and Italy. The elections …
18riots and civil disobedience — Civil disobedience occurs when a person or group feels morally compelled to publicly break the law, usually without using violence, and is prepared to face the full consequences of the legal system. It is considered justifiable if the law is… …
19List of riots — This is a chronological list of riots:The list is incomplete and contains only riots documented in Western culture archives. 17th century and earlier* 121 BC Roman Election Riot of 121 BC (Rome, Roman Republic) * 113 BC Roman Election Riot of 113 …
20Oldham riots — The Oldham Riots were a short but intense period of violent rioting which occurred in Oldham, a town in Greater Manchester, England, in May 2001. They were the worst racially motivated riots in the United Kingdom for fifteen years prior, briefly… …
