Linguistic profiling: The sound of your voice may determine if you get that apartment or not
The above is the link to an article on linguistic profiling, which is the practice of discriminating based on the sound of someone’s voice. The article details how people who “sound African American or Latinx” are discriminated against in real estate practices when buying a home. This relates to our earlier classes, when we read we discussed Ebonics and the stereotypes associated with speaking in an accent other than SAE. This article shows that there are real, material consequences to speaking with an accent.