tokenism
noun
- a show of accommodation to a demand, principle, etc. by small, often merely formal concessions to it
- ☆ token integration of blacks, as in schools, jobs, etc.
See tokenism in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(tōˈkə-nĭzˌəm)
noun- The policy of making only a perfunctory effort or symbolic gesture toward the accomplishment of a goal, such as racial integration.
- The practice of hiring or appointing a token number of people from underrepresented groups in order to deflect criticism or comply with affirmative action rules: “Tokenism does not change stereotypes of social systems but works to preserve them, since it dulls the revolutionary impulse” (Mary Daly).
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