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When social mobility creates belonging crises across class lines

I am the first in my family to go to college and I speak differently now, dress differently, and my cousins say I think I am better than them but I feel lost between two worlds.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Educational advancement has created cultural distance from your origin community without guaranteeing acceptance in your new environment.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Intersectionality in practice?”

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