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
Tatianna	ta-tee-AN-ə, ta-TYAN-ə	English (Modern)
Adcocks	['ædkɔks]
Valentine (2)	va-lawn-TEEN	French
Lucasta	-	Literature
Austen	AWS-tən	English (Modern)
Arwen	-	Literature