When we think of media mogul Oprah Winfrey or former president Barack Obama,it's often easy to succumb to a tokenistic fallacy. Why do so many people rely on this fallacy to assess the extent of racial inequality in today's society? What is so compelling about this argument despite its obvious flaws in logic? Color-blind racism uses cultural/nonbiological arguments to explain why more people of color aren't successful today. How might tokens like Winfrey and Obama be used to support this ideology?
What will be an ideal response?
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