A minority that was deliberately put on a show or movie for the sake of being culturally diverse. They get few lines so less mistakes are made and few to no flaws. Tokens are written for specially because everyone knows people who look different MUST act different.
We get thispredictable bullshit all because of those few assholes who keep a phone next to the TV when they watch it and have their lawyer on speed-dial.
The racially diverse individual us. in a horror movie. Distinguishable by his stereotypical behavior, and by the fact that he will always be killed first.
A (usually black) person in a television programme who is there simply to please people of his or her particularethnicity.
The family who have just moved into Wisteria Lane in 'Desperate Housewives' are token black people introduced by the makers to avoid complaints from people that they are (rightfully) representing upper class Americans as white.