You've Been Code-Switching Your Whole Life — What If You Stopped?

About this episode

Orion Brown discusses her journey in the beauty industry and the challenges of code-switching.

People in this episode

Host: Elleyne Aldine

Guest: Orion Brown

Topics covered

• code-switching
• beauty industry
• authenticity
• implicit bias
• entrepreneurship
• cultural identity

Keywords

• code-switching
• Black Travel Box
• implicit bias
• entrepreneurship
• beauty products
• cultural identity
• authenticity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Black Travel Box

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