Play the white man

Posted by ESC on August 25, 2000

In 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.