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Representation & cultural practice · Working

Tokenism

ELI5

Including a person or group superficially to create the appearance of representation without meaningful power or depth.

Used in conversation

“The review flagged the tokenism in the way the people or material were represented.”

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Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.