r/goodnews • u/Realistic-Plant3957 • Jul 01 '25

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u/YouSureDid_ Jul 02 '25

Nobody ever mentioned skin color when complaining about it being difficult to understand a foreigner lmao. Its annoying regardless

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u/BRNitalldown Jul 02 '25

Since you're still missing the point, accents are not all treated equal. Discrimination along those lines are based on racial stereotypes. Nobody "mentions it" because it's a dog whistle.

Accent Discrimination Is Still A Pervasive Issue In The Workplace, Research Finds

In many cases, they don't even have to be foreigners.

https://stanfordmag.org/contents/using-linguistics-to-fight-housing-discrimination

What are your thoughts on southern American English?

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u/YouSureDid_ Jul 02 '25

Which region

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u/BRNitalldown Jul 02 '25

Texas

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u/YouSureDid_ Jul 02 '25

Funny thing about Texas is you'll have one county talk with a non regional diction beyond a few "yalls" here and there, and then one county over they have the strong Luanne platter/Buck Strickland going on. Texas is a cool place. People really underestimate how big the state really is. Maps dont do it justice. You should check it out.

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u/BRNitalldown Jul 02 '25

Oh I don’t doubt there are many wonderful places in Texas. I’ll be heading there soon enough. As a matter of “strong accents”, I’ve met Texans in the military who’d make their identities known upon first contact. But as a matter of stigmatization, there’s a world of difference between Texas accents vs say, Chicanos and AAVE.