Cristobel is a black woman born to Kenyan-born immigrants. After finishing seminary from a prestigious divinity school, she works at a predominately white church with a predominately male staff. Though her denomination frequently asks staff and local speakers to preach on Sundays, in the two years that Cristobel worked at the church, she was only asked to preach on the Sundays adjacent to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in January and a Sunday designated "World Culture Sunday." Of the following concepts, which could best connect to Cristobel's experience?

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Cristobel's experience could best connect to tokenism, where she is only asked to preach on specific occasions and not given the same opportunities as her colleagues. This is an example of symbolic representation, where the church tries to appear diverse by having a black woman on staff but fails to actually give her equal opportunities and recognition.

Cristobel Is a Black Woman Born to Kenyan-Born Immigrants