Tokenism

In Sociology, tokenism is the social practice of making a perfunctory and symbolic effort towards the equitable inclusion of members of a minority group, especially by recruiting people from under-represented social-minority groups in order for the organization to give the public appearance of racial and gender equality, usually within a workplace or a school.[1][2][3] The sociological purpose of tokenism is to give the appearance of inclusivity to a workplace or a school that is not as culturally diverse (racial, religious, sexual, etc.) as the rest of society.[4]

  1. ^ "tokenism: definition of tokenism in Oxford dictionary". Oxford Dictionaries Online. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "tokenism, n." Oxford English Dictionary.
  3. ^ "Tokenism". Reference.com.
  4. ^ Hogg, Michael A.; Vaughan, Graham M. (2008). Social Psychology. Harlow: Prentice Hall. pp. 368–369. ISBN 978-0-13-206931-1.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Nelliwinne