avoid the obvious troubles of slang, jargon, euphemisms, and references that rely on a specific region. Avoid tokenism. Tokenism is the practice of practice of only making a symbolic effort. Think of it as checking a box to say you checked a box. It’s best to avoid it whenever possibl...
As a business, one should also avoid “tokenism”, which refers to the hiring of a person under a minority group to avoid public criticism for the lack of diversity in the workplace. Studies have shown that up to 70% of consumers can tell the difference between an image created to sh...
“CrowdRiff Galleries have been an important tool for us to avoid tokenism,” said KJ.”I don’t know how else we could show an accurate depiction of destination or the subject matter without introducing that variety.” Often, brands will virtue signal inclusivity or equity without actually ta...
You’ll want the characters in your stories to represent a variety of interesting genders, races, and orientations. So, when you’re creating NPCs, consider this representation: avoid tokenism (having just one of any minority) and try to pass the Bechdel test (have two women in a...
The flipside of this to avoid is 'tokenism', having a single character who shoehorns in X identity (for example the trope of the 'gay best friend'). Inclusive representation in books shows people in all their individuality and heterogenous personality, values, and more. ...
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Tokenism:A small number of people from an underrepresented group being used to make a company or group appear more diverse or inclusive than it actually is Microaggressions:Common verbal or behavioral slights, intentional or not, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative attitudes toward ind...
We wanted to avoid the black box issues surrounding RCTs, so we combined an RCT withcase studiesin year one – then adapted the intervention, then with classroom observations in year two – then adapted the intervention again. By year three we know already if the RCT will see impact (KI,...
Research Involvement and Engagement (2018) 4:30 Page 3 of 11 participants and true decision making capabilities to limit the risk of tokenism [26–28, 30, 31]. A structured and rigorous evaluative approach should also be integrated into the implementation of the councils to demonstrate their ...
a big play about diversity. It has become clear through the interviewing process and subsequent appointment decision that I am little more than “pink washing” a hiring process. How do I avoid becoming embroiled in these time-wasting endeavours while still remaining open to interesting ...