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What does tokenism mean?

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  1. A policy of formally complying with efforts to achieve a goal by making small, token gestures; especially to hire a minimal number of ethnically diverse or disadvantaged people
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It's merely an example of green tokenism which does nothing to meet any environmental objectives.
This eclecticism has often been confused with tokenism, but it speaks to the growing cultural fluidity of the postmodern times in which we live.
This inevitably leads to some accusing the advertiser of tokenism or stereotyping, which in turn reinforces the difficulty of acting inclusively.
While it may be tokenism, it is at least an effort to expand the foundation of our knowledge.
One suspects that aesthetic considerations were cynically sacrificed to muddle-headed political expediency and tokenism.
Our report shows that children as young as eight can tell the difference between tokenism and meaningful consultation.

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