Accents in the workplace: A lot of South Africans face bias every single day
28 February 2021 1:36 PM
Share This: An accent doesn t define your professionalism . Sara-Jayne King explores accent privilege with media guests and listeners.
South Africa is proudly a melting pot of different cultures.
It then follows that we should be proud of all our local accents. Or does it?
There s a perception that accents still influence South Africans employability due to inherent prejudices.
Sara-Jayne King explores the thorny topic of accent privilege on Weekend Breakfast.
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April explains why she chose to devote a recent episode to unpacking coloured accents in the workplace.