play the race card

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play the race card

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To assert that race or racism is responsible for a course of events, especially when race is not of particular significance to the issue in question; to attempt to inspire a particular reaction by raising the issue of race.

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Nearby phrases: play the field, play the fool, play the ponies, play the same tape, play to the gallery, play up

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