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When you are the only one who looks like you

I am the only person of color in my department and I smile and nod at work events but I go home exhausted from performing belonging that I do not actually feel.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The exhausting labor of code-switching while longing for authentic community where you can simply exist.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Loneliness — the epidemic and the experience?”

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