Racial equality means different things in different contexts. It mostly deals with an equal regard to all races.

It can refer to a belief in biological equality of all human races.

It can also refer to social equality for people of different races. It is a stated goal of most current political movements. The divergence of any particular society from a state of racial equality is often contested by members of that society of different races.

See also

• Desegregation
  Desegregation
  Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races. This is most commonly used in reference to the United States. Desegregation was long a focus of the American Civil Rights Movement, both before and after the United States Supreme Court's decision in...
  
  
• Equality
  Equality
  Equality may refer to:Social concepts* Egalitarianism, the belief that all/some people ought to be treated equally* Equality before the law* Equal opportunity* Equality of outcome or equality of condition* Gender equality* Racial equality...
  
   (disambiguation)
• Race (classification of human beings)
• Race and inequality in the United States
• Racial inequality in the American criminal justice system
  Racial inequality in the American criminal justice system
  Racial inequality in the American criminal justice system have a strong effect of many realms of society such as the family life, and employment. Education and race seem to be the most decisive factors when deciding who goes to jail and what age cohort has the greatest percentage chance of...
  
  
• Racial integration
  Racial integration
  Racial integration, or simply integration includes desegregation . In addition to desegregation, integration includes goals such as leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of race, and the development of a culture that draws on diverse traditions, rather than merely...
  
  
• Racial segregation
  Racial segregation
  Racial segregation is the separation of humans into racial groups in daily life. It may apply to activities such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a public toilet, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home...
  
  
• Right to equal protection
  Right to equal protection
  The Right to Equal Protection is a concept that was introduced to into the Constitution of the United States during the American Civil War. It is intended to protect the rights provided by the United States Constitution for all individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, etc...
  
  

People

• Ralph Luther Criswell
  Ralph Luther Criswell
  Ralph Luther Criswell , first a Socialist and then a Republican, was a member of the Los Angeles City Council for ten years in the early 20th Century...
  
  , Los Angeles City Council member, 1925-27, opposed racial equality