token minority
Diversity checkbox hire
A token minority is a person from an underrepresented group included in a workplace, organization, or media production primarily to create an appearance of diversity rather than for their qualifications or genuine inclusion.
The term is pejorative, implying the inclusion is superficial—a symbolic gesture rather than meaningful representation: She suspected she was hired as the token minority.
Token can attach to specific groups: token Black, token woman.
- diversityState of varied elements
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- hireTake on for work
- representationDepiction or likeness
- seat at the tableRole in deliberations
checkbox · optics · affirmative · inclusion · workplace · visible · symbolic · performative · cover story · marginalized · underrepresented · office · boardroom · facade · window-dressing · corporate · outsider · isolated
- character tropesantihero, hero, damsel in distress, mentor, femme fatale
- Tropeschosen one, hero's journey, red herring, deus ex machina, damsel in distress
- stock charactersvillain, sidekick, hero, damsel in distress, fool
token minorityminority leader
Heads the smaller party
decision-maker · power broker · equal partner · stakeholder · change agent
token, tokens, tokenism, tokenistic, minor, minority, minorities, minor's, minors