It's Pride Month — which means it's time once again to celebrate the beauty and bravery of the LGBTQ+ community. If you work in corporate America, this might also be the time when your company changes ...

The “angry Black woman” stereotype has chased Black women around for decades and young Black women are feeling even more stressed to conform. The pressure comes from all corners of life, especially in ...

Based on our research and the work of others, we argue that code-switching is one of the key dilemmas that black employees face around race at work. While it is frequently seen as crucial for ...

August 28 is the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. I often re-read the speech. Not just for the message — which remains saddeningly relevant some 60 years ...

James Felton Keith is CEO at Inclusion Score Inc. and Labor Economist at Keith Institute. His latest book is #DataIsLabor. Last year, during a certification class I taught on the International ...

'Code-switching' was originally coined as a linguistic term for the ways in which bilingual people engage with language. It describes bilingual speakers alternating between literal linguistic codes in ...

In sociology, code switching is when a person alters their speech to conform to different cultural norms. For example, marginalized people may use one way of speaking around their community and ...

As a Black woman of South Asian descent, Kamala Harris is constantly navigating multiple audiences—some who view her as “too Black,” others who think she’s “not Black enough,” and some who demand she ...

Traditionally linguists have bemoaned the fact that the general public knows little of what we do because the subject isn’t taught in schools. But that has changed over the past 20 years or so, as the ...

Have you ever noticed your accent changing when you're around different people or depending on the context you're in? It turns out you aren't alone. One Filipino woman has taken to TikTok to explain ...

I’m a people pleaser, which makes me a dishonest person. This admission is a jarring contradiction for a therapist, yet it is an inescapable truth. I’ve spent years guiding others toward authenticity ...

Based on our research and the work of others, we argue that code-switching is one of the key dilemmas that black employees face around race at work. While it is frequently seen as crucial for ...