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When academic success creates identity isolation

I got into Harvard and my extended family back home is calling me a sellout while my classmates assume I'm only here because of affirmative action.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Achievement becomes a source of alienation when it places you between worlds that both claim and reject you.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Diaspora identity — living between worlds?”

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