Feeling out of place at work

Have you ever felt out of place at work? Like I am the only black and young person in the leadership team so I feel out of place as they already have their own circle. Now with my colleagues in lower positions where I used to be before being promoted… they’ve stopped including me in their little circle so I feel totally out of place. Yes I know work is for work only but sometimes it helps reduce the loneliness when you have some “work friends”. I don’t know how to describe how I feel but has anyone ever felt this way?

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Mo

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In my former job almost all of my colleagues were 50+ and I was in my late 20s. It was definitely uncomfortable and lonely for awhile, they would talk about their grown kids and grandkids, houses etc and I had none of that yet. But eventually I did establish good rapport with a couple of the women until a couple years in they eventually hired another woman closer to my age, so ut turned out ok. So hang in there, you earned that position