The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #119322 Message #2752784
Posted By: Penny S.
26-Oct-09 - 04:27 AM
Thread Name: BS: Separated by a common language
Subject: RE: BS: Separated by a common language
I had the impression that "playing the race card" was used in the sense of someone who could be seen as a possible victim of racism claiming racism when criticised for something else.
By comparison, when I was a prefect at school, there was a badly behaved girl who had calipers because of polio. When asked to stop talking in the lunch queue she would plead that she was being picked on for her disability.