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How to handle being tokenized in theatrical productions

My theater company is doing a play about racial justice and I am the only Black actor in the cast and I feel like I am being used as a token but I need the work.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You feel used as the token Black actor, but you need the paycheck too much to walk away.

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