In todays society tokenism is still unfortunately part of our society. As we grow as a culture and country we become aware of these things. But we still knowing and unknowingly are doing some things to target groups or to make groups feel left out. As we try to grow as a country I think we may see more tokenism as we try to reach all demographics. Unfortunately I see our country going into a little more tokenism for a while before it really just becomes part of our social norm to have people of different gender, rase, religion in various work environments and what not. While I don't think anyone would really call tokenism great I can see where it can open the door for a lot of other opportunities and or discussions to be had with various individuals and corporations. But even then I can see how creating equal opportunities in an environment where tokenism is present can be not particularly equal. If you only have two or three people that are different from the whole group and call that equal opportunity I can see where that would be a topic to argue about. How can it be equal if that group is outnumbered and what if that group never benefits form the equal opportunity then they may declare unfair activity thus leading to more unfair advantages or disadvantages. I think there is a problem with diversity and inclusion committees because if a company, school, or any organization was actually inclusive we wouldn't have a need for a committee we would just naturally be practicing that. We need to be diverse and inclusive but we have the committees to make sure that that is being put in effect rather then the actual people finding the correct people for the job no matter the background.
The image I picked is a painting, to describe diversity.
Hi Paige!
ReplyDeleteI found the formatting to be a little hard on the eyes, but I think you did a really good job overall. I thought your discussion about the implementation being difficult to be especially relevant, as representation is not something that can be adequately achieved on a single level such as a committee. Do you think the diversity, or lack thereof, in a geographic region changes representation?
It is a struggle to see tokenism is still happening today. Can you give any examples of how it is happening in modern day? I do like and appreciate your idea of how to stop discrimination in schools and work. People really should practice equality more in a way it is fair for all no matter what they are or how they identify. The way people look is not something worth bringing negative actions out.
ReplyDeleteYou asked how equality can be achieved if the minority group is outnumbered. That's the catch 22 when the minority represents a smaller percentage of the populace. The South African lady said that in her country it was the other way around in the seventies when the minority ruled the majority.
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