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Scenario

Why representation can feel like a performance trap

I am one of three Black students in my graduate program and I feel like I have to be perfect all the time or I prove their assumptions right.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The burden of symbolic representation creates impossible standards that individual achievement cannot dismantle.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with MLK and civil disobedience philosophy?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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