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When emotions expose your code-switching strategies

My accent gets thicker when I'm angry and I hate that my emotions make me sound 'less professional' to my colleagues.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Authentic emotional expression can conflict with the performative demands of professional acceptability.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Code-switching and double consciousness?”

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