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** Bob is Austrian, and a Catholic Christian in a cast consisting of mainly German, Protestant Christian characters.

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** Bob is Austrian, and a Catholic Christian in a cast consisting of mainly German, Parisian, Protestant Christian characters.


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** TokenMinority
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* '''Straight''': In a cast consisting mainly of Christian, heterosexual, white men, the TokenMinority, Bob, is black, gay, and Muslim.

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* '''Straight''': In a cast consisting mainly of Christian, heterosexual, right-handed white men, the TokenMinority, Bob, is black, gay, and a left-handed Muslim.



** Bob is half-black, half-Hispanic, Sikh, deaf, amputee, autistic, bisexual, and has AmbiguousGender.

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** Bob is half-black, half-Hispanic, Sikh, deaf, amputee, autistic, bisexual, ambidextrous, and has AmbiguousGender.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob drops his religion...
* '''Double Subverted''': ..and then comes out about being gay.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Bob drops his religion...
** Bob is Black and Muslim...just like the rest of the cast.
* '''Double Subverted''': ..and then comes out about being gay.gay and autistic.



* '''Averted''': Bob belongs to only one minority group.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Bob belongs to only one minority group.group.
** [[MonochromeCasting There is no minority in the work.]]

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* '''Implied''': Bob combines AmbiguouslyBrown, AmbiguouslyGay, and AmbiguouslyJewish.



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%%* '''Implied''': ???

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** Bob is half-black, half-Hispanic, Sikh, amputee, bisexual, and has AmbiguousGender.

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** Bob is half-black, half-Hispanic, Sikh, deaf, amputee, autistic, bisexual, and has AmbiguousGender.



* '''Defied''': When asked by his Muslim friend if he would like to convert to Islam, Bob gives a swift and stern "No" in response.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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When asked by his Muslim friend if he would like to convert to Islam, Bob gives a swift and stern "No" in response.response.
** Bob refuses to hang out with people who aren't black and Muslim like him.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character who belongs to multiple minority groups while the rest of the cast is of majorities.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character who belongs to multiple minority groups while the rest of the cast is of majorities.majority.



* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is half-black, half-Hispanic, Sikh, amputee, bisexual and has AmbiguousGender.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is Austrian, and an Orthodox Christian in a cast consisting of mainly German, Protestant Christian characters.
* '''Justified''': Bob, the only black character, is Muslim, as Islam is a popular religion among African-descendants.
* '''Inverted''': Bob isn't a member of any minority group of the story's setting at all (e.g. a WhiteMaleLead in a story set in Europe or America).

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Bob is half-black, half-Hispanic, Sikh, amputee, bisexual bisexual, and has AmbiguousGender.
** Bob is a member of every minority imaginable.
* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob is Austrian, and an Orthodox a Catholic Christian in a cast consisting of mainly German, Protestant Christian characters.
** Bob is left-handed black with albinism in a cast consisting of entirely right-handed black characters with typical physical traits of black people.
* '''Justified''': Bob, the only black character, is Muslim, as Islam is a popular religion among African-descendants.
of his family's heritage, perhaps Western African.
* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Bob isn't a member of any minority group of the story's setting at all (e.g. a WhiteMaleLead in a story set in Europe or America).America).
** In the cast full of extremely diverse characters, Bob is the TokenWhite, able-bodied, neurotypical, rich, gender-conforming, straight cis man.

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* '''Justified''':
** Islam is a popular religion in Africa and among African-descendants, so it's not odd that Bob would be a Muslim.
** The author wants an easily manageable MinimalistCast, but also feels diversity is important, so the end result is a CastOfSnowflakes who all have more than one "token" attribute.

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* '''Justified''':
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'''Justified''': Bob, the only black character, is Muslim, as Islam is a popular religion in Africa and among African-descendants, so it's not odd that Bob would be a Muslim.
** The author wants an easily manageable MinimalistCast, but also feels diversity is important, so the end result is a CastOfSnowflakes who all have more than one "token" attribute.
African-descendants.

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* '''Justified''': Islam is a popular religion in Africa and among African-descendants, so it's not odd that Bob would be a Muslim.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Islam is a popular religion in Africa and among African-descendants, so it's not odd that Bob would be a Muslim.Muslim.
** The author wants an easily manageable MinimalistCast, but also feels diversity is important, so the end result is a CastOfSnowflakes who all have more than one "token" attribute.



* '''Averted''': Bob belongs to only one minority group

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* '''Averted''': Bob belongs to only one minority groupgroup.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob has to deal with twice as much discrimination as someone who only belongs to one minority group.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob reminds the black people and Muslims of his city that they're NotSoDifferent and teaches them to get along.
** Despite dealing with double the discrimination, Bob finds there are upsides of being both black and Muslim, like getting more scholarships, to balance things out.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Bob has to deal with twice as much discrimination as someone who only belongs to one minority group.
** Bob struggles with his sexuality in the face of his religion.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob reminds the black people and Muslims of his city that they're NotSoDifferent and teaches them to get along.
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Despite dealing with double the discrimination, Bob finds there are upsides of being both black and Muslim, like getting more scholarships, to balance things out.

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* '''Deconstructed''':
** Bob lives in a city where black people and Muslims hate each other. He doesn't fit in with either group because he also belongs to the other.
** Bob has to deal with twice as much discrimination as someone who only belongs to one minority group.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Bob reminds the black people and Muslims of his city that they're NotSoDifferent and teaches them to get along.

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* '''Deconstructed''':
** Bob lives in a city where black people and Muslims hate each other. He doesn't fit in with either group because he also belongs to the other.
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'''Deconstructed''': Bob has to deal with twice as much discrimination as someone who only belongs to one minority group.
* '''Reconstructed''':
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'''Reconstructed''': Bob reminds the black people and Muslims of his city that they're NotSoDifferent and teaches them to get along.
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* '''Straight''': In a cast consisting mainly of atheist, heterosexual, white men, the TokenMinority, Bob, is black, gay, and Muslim.

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* '''Straight''': In a cast consisting mainly of atheist, Christian, heterosexual, white men, the TokenMinority, Bob, is black, gay, and Muslim.

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