Though I hate the idea of tokenism it does come to that at times. From Wordnik.com. [Science, Education & Society: Are you being included in the scientific audience?] Reference
However, it is a societal problem and will need bottom-top solutions rather than tokenism, which is the case right now. From Wordnik.com. [A Who's Who of Indian sleaze | Praful Bidwai] Reference
This kind of tokenism ultimately seems a step backwards to me. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
This person's take on "tokenism" is almost impossible to follow. From Wordnik.com. [Catching up...] Reference
He advocated abandoning the "tokenism" of the current approach to transformation which was "an insult to all those involved". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He asked for the National Book Foundation to avoid "tokenism" and to build bridges "between popular fiction and literary fiction.". From Wordnik.com. [with immense personal satisfaction, I present...] Reference
Inevitably, the event has attracted criticism for "tokenism". From Wordnik.com. Reference
In his estimation this kind of 'tokenism' could not foster development and by extension regional development. From Wordnik.com. [Caribbean Net News Daily Headlines] Reference
You make an excellent point - the "tokenism" itself should be viewed as an insult to any self-respecting people. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
"Australia's Next Top Model" judge Charlotte Dawson claimed that it was "tokenism" to cast plus-size models on the show. From Wordnik.com. [Lead Stories from AOL] Reference
No tokenism for Betty Doonan, thank you very much!. From Wordnik.com. [Who Needs Valentine's Day? Not Me, My Jonny, or the Toledos] Reference
What examples of tokenism are in the NFL right now?. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing On Town Hall Meeting On Race] Reference
That's a terrible endorsement, verging on tokenism. From Wordnik.com. [Los Angeles Times Endorses Obama, McCain] Reference
But we're still very much on a sort of tokenism level. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Richard Arrington, July 18, 1974. Interview A-0001. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
That's what many of us whiny minority-types call tokenism. From Wordnik.com. [The semantics and substance behind 4 pesky words] Reference
Q You say you're on the verge of throwing tokenism out the window. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing On Town Hall Meeting On Race] Reference
Page 9 very much with tokenism, particularly in the area of employment. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Richard Arrington, July 18, 1974. Interview A-0001. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Bill's status elevated her tokenism a few orders of magnitude of course. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Clinton Rips Obama In Charlie Rose Interview] Reference
I feel that we are really on the verge of throwing tokenism out the window. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing On Town Hall Meeting On Race] Reference
MALVEAUX: ... and that you use a dynamic of tokenism, to throw J.C. Watts out there as. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2002] Reference
But if she's not up to it and her appointment is seen as tokenism, it would be a disaster. From Wordnik.com. [Bonior Building Behind-The-Scenes Momentum For Openly Gay Union Activist as Labor Secretary] Reference
MADDEN: And look, there is a lot of tokenism, a lot of pageantry with all the talk about bipartisanship. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2009] Reference
And if the Times is giving the same weight to policy and skin color, then I still believe it's tokenism. From Wordnik.com. [Los Angeles Times Endorses Obama, McCain] Reference
So I think there is a perception of tokenism, and in our business, perception is the equivalent of reality. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing On Town Hall Meeting On Race] Reference
Ain't liberalism, with its abstracted notion of equality and its relentless tokenism, just as grand as can be?. From Wordnik.com. [Stan Goff: Obama, Dems, & the War: the Numbers] Reference
The danger is that tokenism will occur which will be detrimental to the truly able woman or member of the BEMs. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
You were right to indulge in a little bit of tokenism when you had to Pastor Rick Warren pray at your inauguration. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Schaeffer: An Open Letter to President Obama About the Republicans (From a Former Republican)] Reference
For now, lets agree that cable television hosting shouldn't be a choice between modern segregation and new day tokenism. From Wordnik.com. [Brent Budowsky: CNN Fills The Woman's Chair With Campbell Brown] Reference
The Spendocrats elect an African-American and it's onward to a better brighter tomorrow, The GOP do it and it's tokenism. From Wordnik.com. [Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege] Reference
Back then, tokenism was rampant so when the director hired him, the administration went along with it, albeit reluctantly. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Justice] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We have been waiting a long time for this moment when it would no longer be tokenism to have a woman. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2009] Reference
If anything, President Obama may have been engaged in a little bit of tokenism and pageantry when it came to bipartisanship. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2009] Reference
(Check out Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter's seminal work on tokenism and social replication for more.). From Wordnik.com. [Farai Chideya: Can Howard Kurtz See Race (if It's White)?] Reference
The experience of the past decade has shown that the increased presence of women in these institutions - far from being mere tokenism. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
The effort to exploit female progress with anti-female tokenism fell with a thud thanks, in large part, to the example set by Hillary. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Franken: Lipstick on an Election] Reference
Fighting flagrant bigotry is a big-muscle motion; it requires less finesse than sidling around tokenism or dealing with entrenched custom. From Wordnik.com. [THE BARRIERS, AND BEYOND] Reference
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