race card

*race card

Cliché the issue of race magnified and injected into a situation which might otherwise be non-racial. (Typically: deal ~; play ~; use ~.) At the last minute, the opposition candidate played the race card and lost the election for himself.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Somayeh	-	Persian
Danilo	-	Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Langston	['læŋstən]
Baily	['beili]
Flo	FLO	English
Megumi	me-goo-mee	Japanese