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How educational achievement can feel like cultural betrayal

I'm the first in my family to go to college and my academic success feels like I'm betraying where I come from.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intellectual mobility can create tension between honoring one's origins and embracing new ways of thinking and being.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Privilege and its acknowledgment?”

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