prejudice Archives - Empoword Journalism https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/tag/prejudice/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Sat, 29 Jul 2023 13:59:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 ‘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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