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When code-switching becomes identity fragmentation

I code-switch so automatically now that I forget which version of myself is real - the one who says 'conversate' with my cousins or the one who corrects grammar in board meetings.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Adapting your communication to different social contexts can fracture your sense of authentic self.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Social mobility and identity shift?”

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