While AI now allows us to erase accents, is this really a good idea? Besides, who doesn’t have an accent?
To address barriers that racialized women with non-native accents experience in the Canadian workplace, we need to understand what kinds of bias they face.
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Accents are not inherently easy or difficult to comprehend. Rather, the lack of exposure people have to a variety of accents causes communication difficulties.
Many people fear the disappearance of the unique way some communities speak. But accent loss is a complicated notion and embracing both language variation and change can be an important social goal.
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We often imitate styles of speech we hear – what’s known as ‘linguistic convergence.’ But a researcher wanted to see if we alter our speech based on the mere expectation of how someone will sound.
From the playground to the workplace, people from immigrant communities in the UK say accent-based racism impacts their daily lives.
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New research shows that increasing exposure to foreign accents makes it easier to process - and that can reduce bias which is not based on negative perceptions or prejudice.
Many migrant parents are hesitant to pass their language accent onto their children. They fear this may lead them to experience discrimination. But speaking two languages has many advantages.
Coordinateur de l'Observatoire pour l'Afrique centrale et australe de l'Institut Français des Relations Internationales, membre du Groupe de Recherche sur l'Eugénisme et le Racisme, Université Paris Cité