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Lip service to equal rights
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tokenism
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A policy of formally complying with efforts to achieve a goal by making small, token gestures; especially to hire a minimal number of ethnically diverse or disadvantaged people
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ They worry that the job-sharing experiment may be tokenism rather than a real attempt at change in the way working mothers are treated. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A third problem with the numbers game is tokenism . ▪ Even ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tokenism is the policy and practice of making a perfunctory gesture towards the inclusion of members of minority groups . The effort of including a token employee to a workforce usually is intended to create the appearance of social inclusiveness and diversity ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1962, from token (adj.) in the integration sense + -ism .
Usage examples of tokenism.
But with NSA hiring fewer than 200 full-time staffers a year between 1992 and 1996, the quota system at this late date amounted to little more than tokenism.
Natural selection had given way to a kind of reverse discrimination or tokenism.