Linguistic Discrimination: How it Influences Our View On Others

2023-02-24

With over 7000 languages worldwide, languages are a hallmark of cultural diversity. Even in English-speaking countries, people speak with linguistic variances and fluency. Yet, many people don’t appreciate this diversity and discriminate against those who don’t sound “normal” to them. Linguistic racism is a term used to describe racism perpetuated against others based on their language use. Learn how this bias impacts how we see other people and what we can do to become more sensitive to lingui...

With over 7000 languages worldwide, languages are a hallmark of cultural diversity. Even in English-speaking countries, people speak with linguistic variances and fluency.

Yet, many people don’t appreciate this diversity and discriminate against those who don’t sound “normal” to them. Linguistic racism is a term used to describe racism perpetuated against others based on their language use.

Learn how this bias impacts how we see other people and what we can do to become more sensitive to linguistic discrimination.

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