Tokenization in Media: A Case Study in Food | Chicago
About this event
This event is for anyone in the food industry or anyone interested in learning how to disrupt tokenization within our current food media framework, leverage your access and power to act in solidarity with people of color, and take personal responsibility to do better.
How Can Food Media Better Present Non-White Cultures Without Tokenizing Them?
As defined by Merriam Webster, tokenization is: the policy or practice of making only a symbolic effort (as to desegregate)
Our panel guests will discuss:
- Why Does Tokenization (In General) Happen?
- Why Does Tokenization of Non-White Cultures in Food Media Happen?
- Things You Can Do Today to Leverage Your Power to Address Tokenization Today