"race-baity" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: race-baitier [comparative], race-baitiest [superlative]
Etymology: From race-bait + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|race-bait|-y}} race-bait + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} race-baity (comparative race-baitier, superlative race-baitiest)
  1. (informal) Involving race baiting. Tags: informal

Inflected forms

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          "text": "It's a fairly paralyzing time to be a guilty white American liberal. With Donald Trump elected on the basis of one of the race-baitiest presidential campaigns in modern American history, Republicans firmly in power, and mounting evidence that progress toward racial equality has been stalled out for years if not decades, it feels like there's little chance of substantive progress anytime soon. What can the conscientious white ally do?",
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