A second-generation Indian American feels like they’re “fading into the background” at work.
I am a second-generation Indian American. I have noticed that my culture has socialized me to make myself smaller, more palatable and more available with my time and energy, to an uncomfortable extent. This is a big contrast to my White co-workers, who seem to carry themselves with much more confidence and self-respect and with less worry for negative consequences.
. Of course there is room for you to improve your situation, but this isn’t all the result of your own shortcomings., communities focused on people with bicultural identities and immigrant parents. She has given advice about setting boundaries with your parents, friends who keep mispronouncing your name, and relationship problems.
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