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TOKEN GESTURE [1 record]

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Record 1 2023-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
DEF

An action or a decision that is so small or inconsequential as to be only symbolic.

CONT

In most schools, improving [ethnic and racial minority] representation through token gestures that celebrate diversity is the only imaginable response to the United States' long history of racial inequality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
OBS

de pure forme : effectué pour respecter les convenances et sauver les apparences.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología (Generalidades)
DEF

Gesto que representa un significado, no es una acción, sino una abreviación de la acción, que la simboliza.

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