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When colleagues expect you to translate your own culture

My white coworkers keep asking me to translate what our Black clients 'really mean' when they speak, like I'm some kind of cultural interpreter.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Being positioned as a bridge between worlds can trap you in a performance of authenticity that serves others' comfort more than your own integrity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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