racially
part of speech
adverb (racially)
meaning for a pupil
1) In a way that is connected with race — the groups people are sometimes divided into because of skin colour, family background or where their families came from. tree →
2) In phrases like "racially abused", in a way that treats someone badly because of their race, which is wrong and often against the law. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and school, the word appears in talk about fairness: a "racially mixed" class has children from many backgrounds, and "racially motivated" means something bad was done because of someone's race. Schools teach that treating people unfairly because of race (racism) is wrong. In history lessons, it appears in topics like the US civil rights movement, where some places were racially segregated (kept apart). Phrases: racially mixed, racially diverse, racially abused, racially motivated, racially segregated.
examples
- Our school is racially diverse, with families from all over the world. tree →
- In the past, some American schools were racially segregated. tree →
- Calling someone names because of their skin colour is racially abusive and wrong. tree →
- The police said the attack was racially motivated. tree →
- Rosa Parks stood up against racially unfair laws on buses. tree →
- The football club banned a fan for racially insulting a player. tree →
note
Adverb from "racial" (adjective) and "race" (noun). Spelling: racially has double l. Note "race" also means a running contest — "racially" is never about running. Scientists today say all humans are one species; "race" is an idea people made up, but racism is still very real and hurts people.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «racially» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.