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    7 days ago

    They are the to(l)kin*, “See, we have several of “these” working for us so we are not the evil racists that you paint us as.”

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      7 days ago

      The word you’re looking for is token

      Edit: a reference I was completely blindsided by

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        That was also a reference to South Park’s Tolkien Black that was initially called Token Black

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          Huh, you know I actually thought about South Park while writing — the name I either never knew about or completely forgot. Episode titles and chapters beyond 1, 2, 3, 4, (etc.) have been something that I just can’t hold onto in my memory. Anyway, I apologize.