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.
See also: card, race

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sandhya-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam
LinnieLIN-eeEnglish
Brenton['brentn]
Les[lez]
Joiner['dʒɔinə]
Mattanyahu-Biblical Hebrew