Token?

I was often a token in High School...sure there were occasional times, another minority (not necessarily black or biracial) would come along...but essentially I was a token growing up.

What does it mean to be a token?

Well it means, you are the only one of your kind in the room.

Somehow the representation of your race, falls on your shoulders. You may be the only minority they know...and well, you don't want to screw that up.

Usually tokens share similar personalities to their white counterparts. The "token" is often seen as the exception to a rule.

Usually its these tokens, that whites use to justify that they aren't racist (although the color of your friends mean nothing)

A token is often to black people an Uncle Tom, not just for exhibiting "white" behavior, but for also "fraternizing" with the enemy.

Being a token, is not easy. You tend to feel more left out. Being the exception to a rule, doesn't make you feel less hurt or insulted when it comes to race issues.

Tokens have to be the ones to prove to whites, that there is more to being black than the stereotypes you see on tv all the time.

Tokens usually don't have close friendships with whites....they merely have an association with whites.

Often biracial people are tokens in their group, many biracial people gravitate to their white side.