Not getting into the 'who was lying' spat at all, but I can assure you that the expression 'playing the race card' is by no means exclusively aimed at BAME people. 'Playing the race card' is something that is unfortunately all too often done when some people (BAME or otherwise) find someone with a slightly different view to theirs on some social - or even political - issue. "If they don't share my particular social liberal philosophy exactly, they are racist" - that's wrong, but it happens all too frequently.Your comment was “playing the race card “.
I was under the impression this was aimed at BAME people who accused other people ( usually white) of racism, when none actually existed, and the accusation was made to gain sympathy for the BAME persons stance.
I refer you to early days on the Brexit thread, for example.