Token Minority Couple: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"Hey there, other black person in the room. Wanna engage in a little... [[Is That What ~~Theyre~~ Calling It Now|desegregation?]]"''|'''[[The Nostalgia Chick]],''' [[Lampshade Hanging|pointing this out]] in ''[[Jem and The Holograms]]'' }}

{{quote|''"Hey there, other black person in the room. Wanna engage in a little... [[Is That What They're Calling It Now?|desegregation?]]"''|'''[[The Nostalgia Chick]],''' [[Lampshade Hanging|pointing this out]] in ''[[Jem and The Holograms]]'' }}

When the writers want to give the token minority a love life, but are in a bind because either A) most of his options are already taken, or B) the writers ([[Executive Meddling|or producers]]) would rather avoid the controversy of interracial romance. Thankfully, the latter isn't much of an issue anymore, but there remains some instances of "like goes with like" in fiction. This comes in 2 varieties:

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It is unnecessary to list aversions, since that tends to mean rattling off the character's entire dating history.

==== Type A ====

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== [[Comic Books]] ==

* The infamous pairing of [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Storm]] and the [[Black Panther]]. Hell, it's been outright stated by the writer of BP at the time that he married them because they were the "two most prominent black characters in Marvel." Granted, her [[Pimped Out Dress|wedding dress]] was gorgeous.

* The infamous pairing of [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Storm]] and the [[Black Panther]]. Hell, it's been outright stated by the writer of BP at the time that he married them because they were the "two most prominent black characters in Marvel." Granted, her [[Pimped-Out Dress|wedding dress]] was gorgeous.

* Storm and Bishop have never been more than just friends, but this has not stopped fanfiction pairings of the two.

** Storm broke up with Forge (a Cheyenne) not that long after Bishop joined the team, prompting speculation that Storm would become involved with Bishop.

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* [[Green Lantern]] (John Stewart) and Vixen in ''[[Justice League]] Unlimited'' might have counted, had Stewart not already been involved with, then had a mutual breakup with, Hawkgirl. (Which doubled as an [[Interspecies Romance]].)

* In ''[[Braceface]]'', Brock (black) and Maria ([[Twofer Token Minority|half Asian, half Italian]]) hooks up in the second season.

* ''[[Young Justice (Animation)|Young Justice]]'' has a subtle, sci-fi example when [[Superboy]] and [[Green Skinned Space Babe|Miss Martian]], the two alien team members, hook up.

* ''[[Young Justice (Animation)|Young Justice]]'' has a subtle, sci-fi example when [[Superboy]] and [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Miss Martian]], the two alien team members, hook up.

** In season two they've had an [[Off Screen Breakup]], and now M'Gann is together with Lagoon Boy. Possibly unintentional, but they're both green non-humans. (If ''they'' break up, who wants to bet she hooks up with Beast Boy?)

*** M'Gann and Garfield certainly seem very close, but they seem to view each other as siblings. Wouldn't it be awkward if they suddenly started dating?

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