Tokenism taken by the government can not change the disadvantageous position of the minority.

政府采取的这种象征性的政策并不足以改变少数民族的不利地位.

In the days of tokenism, women looked around the room and instead of bonding against an unfair system, they often viewed one another as competition.

那个年代很流行在性别比例上做表面文章，当时的女性会观察四周，而不是联合起来去反对不公平的体制，并且常常把彼此看作竞争对手，