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...What is the token black person? The token is not supposed to be your everyday black person. The token is the good black person. You know, the black person that doesn’t adhere to all the negative stereotypes of black people. People of other races feel a little less threatened by him. Apparently, the token is different from all the other black folk; however, he’s still black enough for people to mention his name when talking about diversity...
...Here’s what really disturbs me: this notion that the token is better than other black people. Why is it that every time a black person does something good, somebody tries to let him know that he’s not like the rest...
...both black people in the class couldn’t go to sleep at the same time—at least one of us had to be a “good” negro—we took turns going to sleep. Unfortunately, I was the only black person in my pre-calculus and calculus classes, so I had to continuously be a good black person in those situations...
...Making someone the token black person and placing him above other black people assumes that all of us—except for the token, of course—are the same. We live in a society still very much conscious of race—even if people don’t like to admit it openly. Making one black person your trustworthy token while you still view black people as a monolith will not fix the ongoing problem of race in America...
...President Jeffrey Kwong ’09 said the Lincoln Day celebration was held to honor both Abraham Lincoln and Black History Month. He said Parker could be viewed as a modern-day embodiment of Lincoln because she “really looks at the dignity within each person.” President of the Harvard College Democrats Brigit M. Helgen ’08 cited a 2005 column in which Parker said Democrats who opposed President Bush’s Social Security plan “preside over a government plantation over which they do not want to relinquish...