Word: tokenisms
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...second common approach is what I would call "token reciprocity." You put up your Christmas tree, I'll put up my Hanukkah decorations. This approach involves little thought; its function is highly reactive. The dominant religion still sets the stage, but others follow suit with their own version of the "holidays...
WHEN TWO THUGS SPRAYED A FLAMMABLE LIQUID through a token-booth opening, flicked a match and set Brooklyn subway-token clerk Harry Kaufman on fire--an attack that mimicked a scene in the new movie Money Train--stars Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes expressed deep sorrow and said they were praying for the victim. Columbia Pictures stated it was "appalled and dismayed" at the incident as well...
...traffic-dodging pranks in Disney's 1993 film The Program. This time, however, the filmmakers appear to have been warned. Jack Lusk, senior vice president in charge of movie permits for New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority, says the MTA cooperated with the filming, but not with the token-booth scenes. "We objected to the torching of the booth," he says. "We said the torching was not central to the movie, and that it was a dangerous thing to do and could lead to violence...
...Appalled and dismayed" was Columbia Pictures' re-action to the torching of a New York City subway token booth by assailants whose attack closely resembled scenes from the studio's latest release, Money Train. The clerk working inside the booth suffered severe burns. G.O.P. presidential contender Bob Dole, who has been campaigning against Hollywood's "pornography of violence," took to the Senate floor to urge a boycott of the film. In the debate about whether the movie inspired the crime, it was almost forgotten that the film scenes were themselves inspired by a series of real-life attacks...
Although Shell's chief executive did send a personal to Nigeria's leaders to spare Sao-Wiwa's life, it was clearly a token gesture. As long as companies such as Shell continue to support the military junta by mining Nigerian oil, and, as long as institutions like Harvard invest in Shell, human rights abuses such as Saro-Wiwa's unjust execution will continue...