Why is Eric wearing the "Token's life matters" shirt?
So, in season 20, we see Eric Cartman wearing a shirt with the slogan Token's life matters:
After some quick research I found that this refers to the black life matters movement.
So I get the joke, they replaced the black with token, proving that he is even a racist when he tries to change and give an anti-racist statement.
But I don't understand why Eric is wearing the shirt? What does he want to express with this message? Did I miss an explanation in the episode? Or is this only a litte joke they included without any context to the rest of the story?
Best Answer
Token is the name of the black boy. That boy is a... TOKEN. He is the only black boy in the community.
And as Kevin Hart said in SNL: having just ONE black friend make you more racist than not having any black friends.
Eric is doubly racist. Not only does he have only one black friend but, for him, only that guys matters because losing him would result in ... losing a token.
A token to say: I have a black friend so I can say....
It's just a joke not tied to whole episode. Rather commentary on real life.
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