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Why cultural assimilation feels like constant performance

I've been in this country for eight years and I still feel like I'm performing being American every single day and I'm exhausted from never being able to just exist naturally.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The gap between authentic self and adapted self can become so wide it feels unbridgeable.

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“Where Are You with Immigration & Cultural Transition?”

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