The phrase
"race card" refers to the act of using someone's race as a means of gaining advantage or deflecting criticism in a conversation or argument. It suggests that someone is using their race as a tool to manipulate or dismiss opposing viewpoints.
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Sentences with «race card»
- Any such contest in solid Labour territory with such a clear racial divide will involve race cards being played. (leftfutures.org)
- UPDATE: The NY Daily News editorialized («Keith Wright and Adriano Espaillat play race card in district squabble «-RRB- against the racially divisive remarks at that House of Justice rally on Saturday. (michaelbenjamin2012.com)
- In the last twenty years I've become a racist just because we are forced to listen to a bunch of race card playing whiney, hypothetical, pos. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
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