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Hey y'all, I'm Lori Lissaraga, and this is Ask Code Switch.

The show where we answer your questions about race and identity.

Today's question comes from Robbie Strunk, a college student calling from his home in Alaska.

Hi, my name is Robbie.

I'm from a rural Yupik village in southwestern Alaska

with a population of under 800 people.

The closest city is 400 miles away and only accessible by plate.

Now this may not surprise you but we don't get a lot of emails from rural Alaska.

Robbie is from one of the most remote parts of the country. So that got my attention right away.

Robbie said that a few years ago he moved to a city in Alaska to go to college and that's where he got

his first job as a research tech at a renewable energy lab.

As the only Alaska Native person on staff and one of the few who have experienced life in rural Alaska,

I was invited to lead tourists for visitors of our research lab.

I agreed because that's why I wanted to work there in the first place to make a positive difference for my community and be a voice for Alaska Native people and rural Alaskans.

Robbie said that getting this job was an honor. But when his supervisor, a white woman, came to him with a concern, things kind of changed.

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