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
SluaghadhÁN	-	Ancient Irish
Teal	TEEL	English (Rare)
Rio (2)	ṙee-o	Japanese
Tim	[tim]
Doris	['dɔris]
Branca	BRAN-ka (Galician)	Portuguese, Galician