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
Aparajita	-	Bengali, Indian, Hindi
Hesperos	-	Ancient Greek
Henryk	HEN-rik	Polish
Maggie	['mægi]
Mikhah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Britney	BRIT-nee	English (Modern)