LibraryScenariosWhen professional survival requires linguistic performance
Scenario

When professional survival requires linguistic performance

I code-switch so automatically at work that I sometimes forget how I actually talk, and my nephew asked me why I sound different at home than on the phone with my boss.

Juana
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Code-switching as a survival strategy can create identity fragmentation and confusion about authentic self-expression.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Postcolonial identity and decolonization?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.