I studied this in Uni. Basically they're like pets. It's part of how the mind thinks. The pet is used to prove 3-4 things the person believes about the pet. I nicknamed it Pokemon of politics. Every political opinion has an expert and 3-4 things that the person watching remembers. This is how NPCs keep saying the same thing. I thought it was really funny how I could see it in debates about religion, sports, politics or even whether or not a show was good.
The gay guy is basically the pokemon, as is the black guy or the Asian. It's not about the reality of the person, but the 3-4 points it 'proves'.
I have a coworker who realized she was the token black person at her job, and when someone with higher up standing wanted a job, my coworker became my coworker.
I studied this in Uni. Basically they're like pets. It's part of how the mind thinks. The pet is used to prove 3-4 things the person believes about the pet. I nicknamed it Pokemon of politics. Every political opinion has an expert and 3-4 things that the person watching remembers. This is how NPCs keep saying the same thing. I thought it was really funny how I could see it in debates about religion, sports, politics or even whether or not a show was good.
The gay guy is basically the pokemon, as is the black guy or the Asian. It's not about the reality of the person, but the 3-4 points it 'proves'.
I have a coworker who realized she was the token black person at her job, and when someone with higher up standing wanted a job, my coworker became my coworker.