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Token Minority is a character designed to get more minority groups into the plot. This serves several purposes: * Allows the producers of the show to broaden the appeal of the show by giving more viewers protagonists they can identify with. * Is useful for bringing in discussions of racial issues, gender issues or homophobia into the plot. * Helps the producers feel a little better about using a Scary Minority Suspect in every other case. * Allows the producers to make race jokes related to minority without any shame. * Allows the producers to avoid criticism from minority groups. * Fulfills the executives' desire for the show to be more ethnically respectful. * Depending on the setting, it can merely be an accurate representation of demographics in that region or

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  • Token Minority is a character designed to get more minority groups into the plot. This serves several purposes: * Allows the producers of the show to broaden the appeal of the show by giving more viewers protagonists they can identify with. * Is useful for bringing in discussions of racial issues, gender issues or homophobia into the plot. * Helps the producers feel a little better about using a Scary Minority Suspect in every other case. * Allows the producers to make race jokes related to minority without any shame. * Allows the producers to avoid criticism from minority groups. * Fulfills the executives' desire for the show to be more ethnically respectful. * Depending on the setting, it can merely be an accurate representation of demographics in that region or
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  • Token Minority is a character designed to get more minority groups into the plot. This serves several purposes: * Allows the producers of the show to broaden the appeal of the show by giving more viewers protagonists they can identify with. * Is useful for bringing in discussions of racial issues, gender issues or homophobia into the plot. * Helps the producers feel a little better about using a Scary Minority Suspect in every other case. * Allows the producers to make race jokes related to minority without any shame. * Allows the producers to avoid criticism from minority groups. * Fulfills the executives' desire for the show to be more ethnically respectful. * Depending on the setting, it can merely be an accurate representation of demographics in that region or industry. In some casts of animal, alien, or monster characters, World of Funny Animals or not, there is a majority species and one or more minority species. Often the majority of the animal cast is made up of mammals and there is a token non-mammal. Usually, the token non-mammal is a bird, but reptiles, amphibians, and even invertebrates are certainly not unheard of. Compare Captain Ethnic, Token Non-Human, Token Human, Token Minority Couple, Token White, Twofer Token Minority, Five-Token Band, Informed Judaism, Black Vikings, Black Best Friend, and The Smurfette Principle. Examples of Token Minority include:
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