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
Barton	['ba:tən]
Bakehouse	['beikhaus]
Petter	-	Swedish, Norwegian
Ferne	[fɜ:n]
Applewhite	['æplhwait]
Hay	[hei]