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When friends expect you to represent your entire identity

I'm the only Black person in my friend group and they keep asking me to explain things about race that I don't want to be the expert on.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The exhaustion of being positioned as an educator rather than simply a friend within your own social circle.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Identity and community — who we are in belonging?”

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