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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Sjoerd Levelt Retweeted Axel Folio, PhD, BFF of Mr. Bloodaxe
for example, Dr Mary Rambaran-Olm was certainly qualified to be on the board of then ISAS. yet she was used as a token by the society:https://twitter.com/ISASaxonists/status/1171404039352934402 …
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Axel Folio, PhD, BFF of Mr. Bloodaxe @ISASaxonistsInteresting. I resigned because I was used as a shield and token. What does the ISAS board have to say about Matt's call?@irinibus@FW_Medieval@rstephenl@HFoxhallForbes@tinti_francesca@JohannaKramer11 https://twitter.com/prof_gabriele/status/1171394823275896833 …2 replies 1 retweet 15 likesShow this thread -
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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