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When code-switching becomes identity erasure

I was the only person of color at my company retreat and spent the whole weekend code-switching so hard I forgot who I actually am underneath it all.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The survival skill of adapting to white spaces can become so automatic that it obscures access to one's authentic self.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mixed-race identity and belonging?”

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