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  NZP - Horse Race Card Game
These cards represent the race track, and set the odds for any one horse (ace) winning the race.
Once all bets have been placed, the race begins and cards are dealt face-up onto the table.
Each time a card is dealt, the horse (ace) with the corresponding suit is moved forward one space.
www.nzp.ca /page_9.html   (127 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Race card
Playing the race card is an allegation often raised against a person who the accuser feels has unnecessarily brought the issue of race or racism into a debate so as to obfuscate the truth.
An example of this use of the term occurred during the the O.J. Simpson criminal trial when the prosecution accused the defense of playing the race card in trying to paint Mark Fuhrman as a racist and thus not a reliable witness against Simpson.
The race card' is also the list of horses and races at a horse racing meeting.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Race_card   (368 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Race card
Playing the race card is an idiomatic phrase, referring to an allegation raised against a person who, the accuser feels, has unnecessarily brought the issue of race or racism into a debate so as to obfuscate the matter.
It is a metaphorical reference to card games in which a trump card may be used to gain an advantage.
Race Card is also a song by Ice Cube that serves as the theme for the reality show Black.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Race_card   (369 words)

  
 The Race Card - Summer 2000
He wanted to race on the larger tracks, but NASCAR also denied his entry at Pikes Peak because he had not exhibited proficiency at the lower level.
He qualified for the October 1999 race at Rockingham and was running competitively before a wreck ended his day.
Maybe he thought that playing the race card was a chance to get some recognition.
www.gordonline.com /editorials/060600.html   (1051 words)

  
 Electrolicious: Race Card
It is by taking note of race and all that accompanies it -- the assumptions, the stereotypes flying to and fro like flaming arrows -- that we can achieve a transcendental compassion, a unifying respect for the power of experience.
People of the same race have no problem comparing differences in hair or skin tone, don't be afraid of it with people of other races.
race distinction is important to cultural and personal identity; it is not something to be ignored.
www.electrolicious.com /archives/2005/05/race_card.html   (2309 words)

  
 NBADraft.net | Taking the Charge: The Race Card
This week's edition of the "Charge" was supposed to focus on the NBA Playoff race, but Jermaine O'Neal had to play the Race Card.
Had Jermaine not pulled the Race Card, people might be engaging on thought-provoking discussions regarding the age issue.
But since the Race Card is on the table, many in the media have taken to tearing O'Neal apart.
www.nbadraft.net /prevenas024.asp   (889 words)

  
 The Phoenix Online - Put that damn race card away
When you use your race as an excuse for a certain shortcoming, you are allowing people to stereotype, because instead of confronting their misconceptions, you are perpetuating them.
Pulling out the race card allows people to stereotype a certain race by saying that a fault of theirs is shared by everyone of their race instead of acknowledging that the fault is their own.
This is not to say that the race card is never justified, because it is widely recognized that, throughout history, certain people have, based on their race, been denied equal opportunity and equal access to resources necessary to succeed.
phoenix.swarthmore.edu /2005-09-08/opinions/15288   (477 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com :: The Race Card by David Horowitz
If it is true, as Robert Shapiro says, that the race card was dealt from the bottom of the deck all during the proceedings that freed his client, it is also clear that the race card was played long before the trial began and Mark Fuhrman became the shadow defendant.
The race card was on the table in the District Attorney's office when the prosecution left ten of its peremptory challenges unused and impaneled a jury with members who had been revealed during voir dire to be clearly sympathetic to Simpson.
It is not hard to imagine what race cards were played when eleven jurors of color in the deliberation room finally confronted a sixty-one-year-old white woman who was a potential holdout.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=1048   (2560 words)

  
 SoundClick artist: Race Card - Think Chuck D meets Weezer. Think Eminem meets Living Colour. Think you can handle it?
Rapper Tahir Jahi and guitarist-singer Damian Hagger conceived Race Card early in 2004.
Race Card blends riff-oriented rock and pop hooks with intense hip hop rap lyrics and subjects; and the combination is unlike anything out there.
A veteran of numerous bands, his talents combined nicely with those of Tahir and Damian thus creating the true diversity of influence that is Race Card.
www.soundclick.com /racecard   (392 words)

  
 Features | Diverse-City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
If you don’t know, "playing the race card" is when minorities bring up their race as the reason for being treated unfairly in a situation, often based on historically poor treatment.
Sometimes, playing the race card is a valid move; sometimes, it’s pure nonsense.
Mills’s defense attorney was reported as saying race was a factor in the treatment that his client received after the murder.
www.portlandphoenix.com /features/other_stories/documents/04855937.asp   (687 words)

  
 The Race Card | BlogHer
The race card is, in my experience, used to avoid the reality that racism actually exists, and commonly used by people who have never personaly experienced racial discrimination.
I don't agree that the concept of the 'race card' as a whole is illegitimate.
Then issues like 'the race card' will become moot, because it will have stripped of its power when we're not afraid to talk about it, not afraid to make mistakes and not afraid to look like an asshole every now and then.
www.blogher.org /node/9276   (2232 words)

  
 Sean Hannity Discussion - I wonder - will Gumble be accused of "playing the race card"????
All because he made a mistake, when discussing one person in politics, who was white,...but he though it was another person in politics, who was fl.
It was an honest mistake, but yet he was accused of "playing the race card".
I think the title was something about "Rush plays the race card"....
www.hannity.com /forum/printthread.php?t=55279&page=3&pp=10   (548 words)

  
 Ethnocrats | Play The Race Card
The race card is part and parcel of this world view.
Recognizing the race card's inherent limitations - it only protects the melanin-enriched, and melanin-advantaged - PIG decided to extend pity protection to all the properly-hyphenated.
Your Card or Voucher entitles you to act as liberally and irresponsibly as the moment dictates.
www.pigazette.com /ethnocrats_racecard.html   (1341 words)

  
 todays race card. GG.com - UK live horse racing information portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The todays race card has all UK horse racing news, tips, review, reviews and latest results.
At the portal of todays race card, there are featured articles and results from todays UK race meetings and form guides on Jockeys.
On the todays race card website, you can find the latest live up to date race results, and bookmaker's final odds to confirm your winnings - UK.
www.uk-horse-racing.co.uk /horses/todays-race-card.html   (277 words)

  
 Article-The Race Card- Campaign Strategy, Implicit Messages, and the Norm of Equality -Princeton Paperbacks-
In the age of equality, politicians cannot prime race with impunity due to a norm of racial equality that prohibits racist speech.
She also identifies similarities and differences among communication about race, gender, and sexual orientation in the United States and between communication about race in the United States and ethnicity in Europe, thereby contributing to a more general theory of politics.
Mendelberg's conclusion is that politicians--including many current state governors--continue to play the race card, using terms like "welfare" and "crime" to manipulate white voters' sentiments without overtly violating egalitarian norms.
www.minihttpserver.net /z_book/A_the_race_card_campai-0691070717.htm   (842 words)

  
 Tri-State Speedway - The Class Track - Haubstadt, Indiana
Sprint car racing became prevalent at tracks in the ‘sixties’ due to the promotional efforts of short track owners like the late Ed Helfrich of Tri-State Speedway.
The UMP Modified's will also be on the race card June 9th.
But not one of these was a race to celebrate all races.
www.tristatespeedway.com   (473 words)

  
 race card - Information from Reference.com
Williams, L.: Playing the Race Card: Melodramas of Black and White...
He knew the race card would trump the prosecution's full house of evidence.
If it is true, as Robert Shapiro says, that the race card was dealt from the...
www.reference.com /search?q=race%20card&db=web   (290 words)

  
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 Race Card Cartoons
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Race Card cartoon 1 - catalog reference gth0423
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 IMAO: New From IMAO - The Race Card™!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It doesn't matter how many race cards you have, if you are a white male property owner you are SOL and must revert to the Heavily Armed card.
The race card's power obviously is dervied from who uses it, and is more effective depending on the users economic situation.
The true test comes when the Celeb Card is used in a case where the crime caused the accused to become a celebrity.
www.imao.us /archives/001233.html   (1824 words)

  
 Fox Plays The Race Card (Campfire Soapbox)
That’s right, the dreaded race card they have so profusely denounced since their inception..
Oops, I forgot, the race card is only reasonable when used against white males.
Spike, I think its the race card so many are implicitly raising over fears like his that the UAE company that will manage US ports is Arab or Muslim.
www.campfiresoapbox.com /ar/t10507.htm   (542 words)

  
 race card. GG.com - UK Horse Racing Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The race card has all UK horseracing news, tips review, reviews, results of todays races.
On the portal of race card, there are numerous articles and results from UK race courses, meetings and special features on Jockeys.
On the race card website, you can find the latest live up to date race results, and bookmaker's final odds to confirm your winnings - UK.
www.uk-horse-racing.co.uk /punters/race-card.html   (210 words)

  
 London Net : Archive News - Hague 'Plays Race Card' - 2000-12-12
Hague made an attack on the effects of the Macpherson Report the centrepiece of a keynote speech last night, saying that "political correctness should not be allowed to get in the way of law enforcement." The term 'political correctness' is often thinly disguised code for 'minority rights'.
The Macpherson Report on the bungled investigation into the racist killing of fl teenager Stephen Lawrence has long been unpopular in right wing circles for its insistence that the Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, but until now it has not been deemed polite or tactically astute for Tory leaders to say so in public.
The Prime Minister and his government last week announced they want to introduce curfews on the under 16s and cut back on those eligible for trial by jury in one of the most authoritarian schemes ever put forward by the left-leaning Labour Party.
www.londonnet.co.uk /ln/talk/news/archive/2000/dec/headlines_20001212_523.html   (281 words)

  
 An Imaginative Use Of The Race Card
He also claims that virtually all of the sentiment in favor of the bill is among Democrats who expect the majority of the felons, especially the fl ones, to vote Democratic, and that is why Marriott sponsored it.
The gubernatorial race was won last time by a Republican within a margin of 66,000 votes.
They play the race card when it doesn't have anything to do with the issue.
www.caledonianrecord.com /pages/editorials/story/b2034b397   (381 words)

  
 Yale Daily News - Shamelessly playing the race card
But applying extra points to certain candidates solely because of their race is a thinly veiled form of racism.
In recognition of the overwhelming political clout fls possess, the Democratic Party has played the race card time and time again, and in light of Trent Lott's indefensible December remarks, the Democrats seem poised to once again bring forth the race card.
Although Democrats are the first to scream racism when a comment stemming from a Republican can be interpreted as racist, members of their own party seem immune to such criticism.
www.yaledailynews.com /article.asp?AID=21273   (930 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com :: Michael Jackson Plays the Race Card by Larry Elder
Using the race card in Michael Jackson's case strikes one as particularly galling.
Recall that Michael Jackson raised the race card when his "Invincible" CD failed to reach expected sales.
He also said that he "should have known better." But his apology, however sincere, leaves a crack in the door for the irresponsible, illogical use of the race card.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=11142   (782 words)

  
 Who Plays The Race Card Slicker? - Sean Hannity Discussion
But by in large, the left wield race as though it were a sledgehammer.....
The powers not delegated to the U.S. by the Constitution, are reserved to the States respectively.
The Libs/Dems/Progs play the race card far slicker then anyone else.
www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=6004   (436 words)

  
 Definition of Race card
The phrase is used in two contexts; it can mean that someone has made a racist statement or taken a racist position, or it can mean that someone has (allegedly falsely) accused another person of being a racist.
A well-publicized example of the latter type occurred in the O.J. Simpson criminal trial when the prosecution accused the defense of playing the race card in trying to paint Mark Fuhrman as a racist and thus not a reliable witness against Simpson.
The list of authors can be found here.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Race_card   (207 words)

  
 Touchstone Archives: Race Card Players
The United Methodist Church sent at least 16 representatives from the church’s Commission on Christian Unity, the Board of Church and Society, the Women’s Division, the Board of Global Ministries, and the Commission on Religion and Race.
Mark Tooley directs the United Methodist committee of the Institute on Religion and Democracy (www.ird-renew.org) in Washington, D.C. He is a Touchstone correspondent.
“Race Card Players” first appeared in the January/February, 2002 issue of Touchstone.
www.touchstonemag.com /archives/article.php?id=15-01-071-r   (803 words)

  
 Race Card #72-Lost in the Shuffle - Automotive Forums .com Car Chat
While the big uproar over Chevy's new not quite production engine was going on and Ford's introduction of an aero body that they could run in more that one race was playing out on the stock car stage the groundwork for another upheaval was being laid by the good folks at Chrysler.
New Plymouth star Richard Petty was quietly tweaking his new 426 wedge engine in a car that looked a lot like this GatorBuilt model.
He would have to be content to sort out the chassis and other little details while getting ready to ruin Ford's day in '64 when those strange heads with valve covers that looked like refridgerator doors showed up at Daytona.
www.automotiveforums.com /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=259349&goto=nextnewest   (209 words)

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