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Condoleeza Rice is going to be the nominee for Secretary of State. I'm sure that because Bush is a Republican, she will be considered just another "token" even though that will make the 2nd consecutive African American Sec. of State and the first African American woman.
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I wouldn't judge whether someone is a token based on political affiliation.
But I want to point out how some people understand tokens to operate. Now you may have all kinds of respect for her intelligence or activities, but you didn't list them.
You listed that she was a) black and b) a woman.
People use the characteristics they supposedly are blind to in order to show that they are actually irrelevant.
That's how she operates as a token.