Meaning of race card | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The invocation of a person's race in order to gain sympathy or an advantage.
   derogatory, often
2. A printed card or pamphlet giving information about a series of horse races and listing the horses to be run; a racebook.

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Examples

“to play the race card”

““Was it because of his skin color? Or his skill?” he wrote. “We’ll never know, but always doubt — which on its face seems unfair to C.Q. But since he has made the race card one of his biggest calling cards, it doesn’t really much matter.””

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