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Moral imperative to include name of racial group (6)

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I believe the answer is:

ethnic

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'of racial group' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'moral imperative to include name' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'name' could be 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms) and 'n' is found within the answer.
'moral' could be 'ethic' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'ethic' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for ethnic that I've seen before include "Relating to national and cultural origins" , "To do with racial group or culture" , "Characteristic of a certain culture" , "Etch in (anag.)" , "Relating to a cultural grouping" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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