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I think the phrase "playing the race card" in and of itself is insenstive and is indicative of the larger problem of dismissal of race related issues that are important to us and not to others. When I hear people say "so and so are playing the race card" it bothers me becasue who are they to say, as I assume they mean, that a person's perception that race is the central issue of a particular situation is less than valid or real? That by itself highlights the oblivion and nonchalance that a lot of people who have the luxury of a larger population with which THEY identify relative to our smaller population with often a smaller voice live in.
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