Episode 17: Not Just Tokens

This episode we cover a topic that encompasses most of what we have been talking about up to this week. Tokenism, the act of adding representation just in-order to check off a box. Does tokenism just mean African American characters who are seemingly out of place, or is it much deeper than that? Enjoy this weeks episode!~

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: sidecharacterspod@gmail.com

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

 

Jordan's recommendation of the week: Webtoon Crumbs

Leah's recommendation: Alice in Border lands 

Some Helpful Links:

https://medium.com/the-volume-collective/tokenism-and-representation-a-fine-line-in-popular-media-6fa803dc939b

https://www.media-diversity.org/tribute-or-token-lgbtq-media-queer-black-activism/

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/-em-star-wars-em-and-the-4-ways-science-fiction-handles-race/359507/