My college friends and I have stayed close for fifteen years, but lately our group chats feel weird because some of us have become really successful and others are struggling, and we don't know how to talk about money or career stuff anymore. We used to be 'the smart kids from state school' but now we're spread across such different class realities that our shared identity feels like a lie we're all pretending to believe.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group is discovering that economic mobility can fracture shared identity in ways that feel impossible to name without threatening the relationship itself.
“Where Are You with The hyphenated identity and belonging?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.