EP157: Accent Bias 消除口音歧视

Today’s Vocabulary:

Sheer     纯粹的、完全的

e.g. An accent bias is asheer reflection of racism.

Unjustifiable     无正当理由的、没有道理的

Superior     优越的、更好的

Ethnocentric     种族主义的、种族优越感的

Colonizer     殖民者

Correlate     相互关联

e.g. Individuals correlateaccent with social status.

Or Vice Versa     反之亦然

e.g. A person’s accent isin no way of representation of their academic qualifications or vice versa.

Inferior     较差的、较低的

Unintentional     无意的、无心的

Strain One's Brain     绞尽脑汁、想尽办法

Tame     控制、驯化

e.g. We try to tame ouraccent so that we sound more American or Canadian or European.

Incoherent     语无伦次的