Accentism - have you ever been judged due to your accent or level?

Have you ever heard of this term? I found this video yesterday and I started to search information about this:

I also found this website: https://accentism.org/

"The Accentism Project is run by Dr Erin Carrie and Dr Rob Drummond, who are both sociolinguists at Manchester Metropolitan University with a shared interest in language variation and change, language attitudes and perceptions, and the prejudice and discrimination shown towards regional and social language varieties and their speakers – in particular, regional dialects, youth language, and foreign accents." 

If you have a story you can submit it! Here are some of the stories:

https://accentism.org/stories/

Have you ever being judged because of your accent? I have!

Interesting. I kinda knew that this is a thing but I didn't know there's a term for it.

Jess.PWinkler wrote:

and the prejudice and discrimination shown towards regional and social language varieties and their speakers – in particular, regional dialects, youth language, and foreign accents."

This is sadly true. I've seen lots of people sneer at guys who sound different from what they consider "the norm".. I actually find people who have unique accents fascinating as they surely have lots of stories to tell from their part of the world.

It's not nice to make someone feel bad because of there accent, but it's also not nice to learn a language and make little effort to have good pronunciation. Finally, there's nothing wrong with letting someone know that it's difficult to understand them because of their accent. I don't care for videos like this because the takeaway many language learners will get is that there is no need to try to sound like native speakers.

leosmith wrote:

It's not nice to make someone feel bad because of there accent, but it's also not nice to learn a language and make little effort to have good pronunciation. Finally, there's nothing wrong with letting someone know that it's difficult to understand them because of their accent. I don't care for videos like this because the takeaway many language learners will get is that there is no need to try to sound like native speakers.

I've been trying to make my English accent better and better, but something I cannot control is that when I get nervous my latina accent comes and stabs me in the back (this point is when I'm a target of prejudice) I've had to face native English speakers that are okay with my accent but there are others that when they ask where I'm from the are like "eww", they once told my older brother to "speak proper english" just because of his accent (and he has a broader vocabulary than I do)... I must say that this "accentism" thing only makes me want to improve my accent, not the opposite. 

Jess.PWinkler wrote:

this "accentism" thing only makes me want to improve my accent, not the opposite.

Cool - another source of motivation.

Have you ever talked a language like English or any foreign language and feel like you are treated unfairly because of your accent, size of vocabulary ?

someone would say ''can you have someone else who speaks proper English call me'' mind you my English is perfect just not with the accent. 

What are some of your Experiences?

Never encountered this, but my friend was discontinued from a video call interview primarily based on his accent. And funny enough, the job was in the technical field, not a customer representative/care where accent might be considered!

I'm guessing this is only done to people who are not in high position of authority.The richest man in Africa is Aliko Dangote and with his deep Nigerian accent,is breaking bounds and leading in his sector. The same people who will fault you for not speaking English with a clear accent will also be crying foul if a native speaker of another language faults them for not speaking their language properly.

It is a widely known and increasingly well-explored fact that accent has an impact on how an individual is perceived by others, and therefore on the way in which others treat them. Have you ever been judged by your accents or language?.

For example is it presumed that french speakers are romantic. 

(edit - please don't copy/paste things without citing the article)

I've experienced this numerous times while studying back in the day. This is especially the case when I was studying the meaning of kanji for an exam. I'd love to know how you guys handle this :)

Yes, I have been but I happily embraced it. Differences of accent from people in different walks of life is what makes it beautiful, unique and fun. Learning a particular language would not be so interesting if all have almost the same accent. :) 

I personally have not experienced this myself but have had troubles understanding people with thick accents in the past. I do not assume them to be any certain way, I just assume it is just the way they speak.

I am overwhelmed by all your responses. It is interesting how you get to see each in a different perspective. I am learning and encouraged at the same time.

:)