This is one thing I feel that black people struggle to adjust to in the American workplace. Smiling to be neutral isn't nearly as common in Black Culture in Ame

This is one thing I feel that black people struggle to adjust to in the American workplace. Smiling to be neutral isn't nearly as common in Black Culture in America. Along the lines of this article, it can actually make people think you're kind of weird if you're in a typically black setting to just smile for no reason. This causes problems at work, as a neutral visage on a black person at a typical workplace can easily be mistaken for annoyance (or be perceived as threatening) http://www.psmag.com/blogs/news-blog/black-male-faces-3571/ http://www.psmag.com/blogs/news-blog/black-male-faces-3571/ So you can either be yourself and risk coworkers avoiding you because they think you're "angry" (especially if you're more quiet than other people) or wear a smile that feels forced all the time to make your coworkers feel comfortable, because they won't take the time to assess their own biases and cut you the appropriate slack. pretty unfortunate