Tokenism Books

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The Token: Common Sense Ideas for Increasing Diversity in Your Organization The Token: Common Sense Ideas for Increasing Diversity in Your Organization (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 3.97 — 30 ratings — published
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 4.18 — 44,502 ratings — published 2020
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Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 4.14 — 43 ratings — published
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Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 3.97 — 708 ratings — published 2020
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Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 3.66 — 342 ratings — published 2019
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The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,837 ratings — published 2019
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 4.16 — 173,343 ratings — published 2018
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On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 4.31 — 609 ratings — published 2012
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 4.52 — 118,981 ratings — published 2010
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Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 4.34 — 27,383 ratings — published 1997
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Yellowface Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,097,633 ratings — published 2023
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In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black, #1) In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 3.81 — 11,484 ratings — published 2021
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Blackwater Blackwater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 3.51 — 4,865 ratings — published 2022
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Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove, #1) Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 3.97 — 349,617 ratings — published 2019
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We Contain Multitudes We Contain Multitudes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 3.72 — 9,209 ratings — published 2019
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The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings, #2) The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 4.04 — 39,683 ratings — published 2018
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Eleanor & Park Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,270,094 ratings — published 2012
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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 4.29 — 76,643 ratings — published 2016
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All the Bright Places All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 4.11 — 636,245 ratings — published 2015
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Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as tokenism)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,766,582 ratings — published 2005
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Jacob Tobia
“The whole point of being a token is that you exchange your rage at inequality for the respect and admiration of your peers. You trade in your right to be angry, to be dissatisfied, for the right to be hugged and affirmed by those around you. You stop pointing out the ways in which people are hurting you or making your identity feel impossible, and unless it is self-serving, you stop pointing out the fact that you are the only one like you. You take the fact that there is only one of you (or, in my case, that there are very few like you), and instead of treating that fact as what it is—damning evidence of exclusion and discrimination—you treat it as evidence that you are special.”
Jacob Tobia, Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story

Louis Yako
“If it is true that education is the main foundation of any society, it follows that the state of race in today’s America mirrors its education system. Therefore, America’s education needs serious examination and even remaking. It is a system that uses Blacks (and other marginalized people) as mere tokens. You see a meager quota of Black people (as employees or students) here and there to give the false impression of equity.”
Louis Yako

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