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tokenism

[toh-kuh-niz-uhm] / ˈtoʊ kəˌnɪz əm /


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By example, the unexpected inclusion of a single male artist in a show of art by women makes a subtle if salient point: Tokenism was a significant issue in the era’s second-wave feminist movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2018

"Tokenism" has a bad name, but tokens have their uses.

From Time Magazine Archive

A case in point is her 48,948-word article in the Michigan Law Review of March 1991, titled "The Triumph of Tokenism," which Clinton singled out last week in explaining why he was withdrawing her nomination.

From Time Magazine Archive




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