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Originally Posted by smooth
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.
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I absolutely do have a ton of respect for her. She has an amazing record of accomplishment in her life. I was simply pointing out what I have seen happen in the past when Republicans who are minorities ascend to high positions...for example, J.C. Watts, Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell and now I'm predicting that Condi will be treated the same way by the media and the left.
Also, in reference to another comment made...Colin Powell attributes some of his early sucesses to Affirmative Action in his Autobiography.