The Way You Talk—And What It Says About You, with Prof. Katherine Kinzler
Big Brains
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Raceism and Prejudice Against Speech
The flip side of discrimination based on speech, especially in combination with other forms of raceism, has serious consequences. Your accent alone can dictate your economic opportunity in life; we rarely talk about it. People will say things like, lli just don't understand her speech, you know, or it's just not that clear. And even when you can absolutely understand someone perfectly, sometimes people will say, oh, i just feel like i didn't understand them that well.
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