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Originally Posted by abadfish
I also think the race card is played for too often. Although I also think that race fuels a lot of the criticism regarding president obama. Not just his outside appearance but also his muslim roots.
I know that if he was white there would be a lot less opposition.
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well said but fuck a race card there's still people being killed here because of color
Playing the race card is an idiomatic phrase that refers to the act of bringing the issue of race or racism into a debate, perhaps to obfuscate the matter. It is a metaphorical reference to card games in which a trump card may be used to gain an advantage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_card
racist use the term
