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Topic: Is there a difference between discrimination based on hearing someone, and discrimination based upon seeing someone?

Discrimination against someone’s ethnicity is wrong yet mostly everyone has been guilty of doing it at some point or another. The view of discrimination can be seen from the view of listening and site. Is there a difference? Does one happen more than the other? The accent and sound of someone’s voice can often be a giveaway of someone’s ethnicity.

Language Discrimination Your Legal Rights. Web. 19 Nov. 2009.http://www.las-elc.org/LanguageDiscrimination.pdf

This article entails commonly asked questions and answers regarding discrimination. Is it illegal? What is language discrimination? It is something that occurs when a person is treated differently based on their accent, language, or any other characteristic regarding their speech. I will be able to use some information such as language discrimination can appear in different forms, including a “speak-English-only” policy by a business whose employee speaks a different language. Another form may include a person being able to speak English, but with an accent therefore being treated differently or being denied a position because the lack of proficiency. Language discrimination is considered to be a form of discrimination on the basis of national origin or race according to some governmental agencies and courts. Some laws such as Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 make it forbidden. There are other bits of information I will be able to use to back up the discrimination points and illustrate the negatives in discriminating against someone’s speech.

Hillbillies, rednecks, and southern belles (no citation info yet, need to get from you!)

The article “Hillbillies, rednecks, and southern belles” goes into detail about the language difference between northern states and southern states. Even though the language being spoken, English, is essentially the same, it is used with different accents and different “tweaks” to it. You are generally able to identify where an individual is based upon the language they speak or the accent tagged onto their speech. The long southern drawls of vowels distinguishes between the drawn out nasally sounds of a northern accent. There are different slangs that distinguish the southerners from the northerners. Being able to listen to someone for a certain amount of time allows one to understand and comprehend where they are from. This article will help me prove the point that an individual can distinguish a person’s cultural background just from their speech and accent.