Categories Pop Culture Representing the Underrepresented: How I Met Your Mother and Performative Contradictions Post author By philososaurus Post date Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 13 Comments on Representing the Underrepresented: How I Met Your Mother and Performative Contradictions Every show has one… the token minority character. Tokenism, as we’re all aware, is wildly problematic. Tags 30 rock, Barney, community, Glee, how I met your mother, Kal Penn, minorities, Neil Patrick Harris, Robin, television, token minorities, visibility