Idioms
See race card in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryplay the race card
- (disapproving, offensive) if you accuse somebody of playing the race card, you mean that you think they are using complaints about racism to gain sympathy or an advantage
- Black people who draw attention to these inequalities are often accused of ‘playing the race card’ and effectively silenced.
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