Play the white man

Posted by ESC August 25, 2000In reply to Phrase query?? posted by Lizz on August 23, 2000

Anyone know the meaning and origin of the phrase
'play the white man'
Thank you!

Could you give some context? Is this "play" as in perhaps a chess game? Or "play" as in "act like"? So far, I couldn't find the phrase in my reference books.