#token black guy

[artistic-arteries]

Yo I'm writing a paper and can't find the right word. Sociology side of Tumblr, is there a word to describe how a racist person sometimes has a friend of the other race that isn't "like the rest of their race"? So like an exception from the racist stereotypes to them?

[oneinchbarrier]

[blackmanintherightworld]

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Allies

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Allies

On this episode of BLACK MAN IN THE RIGHT WORLD, the reluctantly-acknowledged, Token Black Guy (Myke Thompson) & his Altruistic White Roommate(Grant Harvey) talk about hopeful upsides, inevitable downsides, and the darkest ugly parts of being an aspiring ally. Topics include “5 Things That Aren’t Allyship” by Holiday Phillips, LUCE, and popular Disney movies. The latest episode is now available…

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[sallydoge]

Penny Dreadful is shit.

I got nothin against the cast or writers, but this show is every trope that should’ve died decades ago. 

-Only one main female character

-Token black servant character with no backstory in the first season

-the only other non-white characters are a bunch of evil middle eastern vampire things

-The female lead’s demon powers make her horny

-I stopped watching when they introduced evil lesbians in season 2

-seriously they managed shoehorn a cowboy into a plot that takes place in Britain, but they’re only main non-white character is a token, and their only female main character is horny pale Smurfette

[courtneyh2367-blog]

Dear white people, the minimum requirement of black friends needed to not seem racist has just been raised to two. Sorry, but your weed man, Tyrone, does not count.

Sam White

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[thecomedybureau]

Key & Peele Have a Message For The Token Black Guy That Wants To Be The Only Token Black Guy in a Group

This latest sketch from Key & Peele goes behind the closed doors of a capella groups and the like that have one black guy that doesn’t like having his status as the token black guy challenged.

Watch how real it gets when two such token black guys collide here.

[renafromtheheart]

TOKEN BLACKS

Token black- Any fictional character of African-American descent that has been inconsequently inserted into the plot of a movie or TV show for the express purposes of creating an image of commercially safe, politically correct, and insipid racial harmony. In eras gone by, the token black guys would be the first characters to be killed off. This phenomena of commercial cinema and television that would sacrifice the quality of their storytelling for the sake of attempting the impossible act of offending absolutely nobody, is succinctly satirized by the aptly named South Park character, Token.

Any black character in any movie that is neither the protagonist nor antagonist, is unimportant to the plot and does not significantly contribute to it, preferably dies before the end, usually does not end up with the girl. sometimes is the sidekick if the role is unimportant enough, and is very often comic relief (often in stereotype-enforcing manner).

Subtle yet obvious placements for the sake of diversity. Characters usually display stereotypical behavior