accent Archives - Empoword Journalism https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/tag/accent/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:53:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Accent Bias in the Workplace https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/accent-bias-in-the-workplace/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/accent-bias-in-the-workplace/#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:53:20 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=64366 Accent bias has been shown to impact employment and social interactions in the workplace. How does this way of thinking trace back to ancient themes of classism and racism that still exist today? 

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/accent-bias-in-the-workplace/feed/ 0 ‘Your English is really good!’: Accent Prejudice in the UK https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/your-english-is-really-good-accent-prejudice-in-the-uk/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/your-english-is-really-good-accent-prejudice-in-the-uk/#comments Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:28:38 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=43233 I’ve lost count of the number of people that have stopped me mid-sentence to comment on my English language ability. ‘Wow! Your English is really good!’ ‘Where are you from? No, where are you really from?’ are comments I get again — and again.

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