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The Science Of Speech & Identity With Katherine Kinzler

Big Brains

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The Flip Side of Discrimination Based on Speech

The flip side of discrimination based on speech is that it can have serious consequences. Your accent alone can dictate your economic opportunity in life, even though ironically, we rarely talk about it. People will say things like, well, I just don't understand her speech. Or it's just not that clear. And so in that sense, you can really be tremendously biased against someone, but you don't feel like you're being racist.

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