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🔒Let’s end tokenism

Tokenism is the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing, especially by recruiting a small number of people from underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of gender or racial equality within a workforce.

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Bonnie J. Walker has committed her entire career to empowering underrepresented populations. Her life goal is to eliminate racism and achieve social justice. In her Outside the Box column, she helps companies expand their cultural efficacy to expand and support diverse and inclusive workforces.

Read her other Outside the Box columns:

Don’t brand your company with whites-only images

Don’t touch my hair!

You have two ears and one mouth

Speak up for more than just yourself 

Your implicit biases will lead to stereotyping

Empathy improves your business

Who are you at work?

Don’t abandon your culture in a crisis

What will you do going forward?

Are you still asking why diversity matters?

What it means to be an ally

Racism: A professional woman’s experience

Kindness is not enough

Apprehension about the COVID-19 vaccine
 

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