it is important to understand that identifications of tokenism don't say anything about the qualifications or suitability of the person spoken about; they say something about the organization using them as a token. 1/
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to say she was used as a token is not to say she did not deserve her position on the society's board; it is to say the society did not deserve her on its board.
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and that identifications of tokenism can be dismissed as attacks on the person, shows that tokenism *works* in deflecting criticism of the organisation
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I was a token. No two ways about it!
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I tried to make this point earlier but apparently that’s transphobic. I’m non-binary. Huh.pic.twitter.com/YBxr1YaPrA
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