LibraryScenariosWhen you become the default representative of your entire ethnicity
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When you become the default representative of your entire ethnicity

My coworkers keep asking me to explain what it is like to be Indian as if I am the spokesperson for 1.4 billion people.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Being tokenized in professional spaces creates exhausting pressure to perform cultural education rather than excel at one's job.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ethnic identity and heritage?”

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