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
Timofey	tee-mah-FYAY	Russian
Ginevra	jee-NEV-rah	Italian
Tyra	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Waimarie	-	Maori
Reyhan	-	Turkish, Uyghur
Zulfikar	-	Arabic