You have a southern accent and people assume you are slow becasue of the accent. How do you let them know that they have been rude to you?

I have what you would probably classify as a as my education from kindergarten through college was split between the US, Mexico and Belize. Hard as I try, it is detectable. I am never offended when people have an initial response to my accent.

That does not bother me. What does bother me is when people assume things of my personality, opinions, thoughts, plans or capabilities based strictly on my accent. I never challenge them on the pettiness of their ignorance, I prefer to challenge them on something more substantive.

The way I see it, if they underestimate me for my accent, they are leaving themselves exposed to be bettered by me in whatever situation we may find ourselves in. As far as southern accents are concerned, I actually find people with them to hold my attention more, than say, those with a neutral, Californian, laid back delivery; or the plainness of the Midwest accent. I once had a boss from Kentucky, I loved that variation of the southern accent; very similar to Virginians, everything sounded stately and regal.

I now deal with a lot of Texans, their southern accent is more folksy, but just as delightful. I suppose accents should be a source for individual pride and never a foundation for preconceived notions.

Well I might not tell them directly to their face how rude I thought they were but I would prove them wrong by engaging them in an intellectual conversation and I would try to test exactly how intelligent these people were. I am an educated woman, buy I have little tolerance for ignorance and prejudice. Assuming another person’s intelligence simply based on their looks, heritage, or accent does not truly indicate intellect on their part.

Any person going through years of education will likely have been exposed not only to a highly diverse college crowd, but also to interpersonal relationships with others from various backgrounds to whom they had to relate in a number of ways (through group projects, study groups, etc. ). Further, most degree programs require the student to take a number of classes from different fields of study, such as the social and behavioral sciences, math, english, history, etc.This is done to allow the student to develop into a well-rounded individual who is schooled a little bit in different areas of life. Therefore, most students will have taken a psychology or sociology class during their college career, the foundation of which is based on making the student more sensitive to the behavior, personalities, and needs of others around them.

Having such a lack of person knowledge and not taking into consideration that a slow accent may only have to do with heritage rather than slow thinking processes would indicate to me that the person making such as statement is not so smart himself, is rather insensitive, and lacks proper people skills. Therefore I would say, prove them wrong. Find out what their academic or professional backgrounds are and then tell them a little bit about your own.

If you are passionate in your profession, this is your moment to truly shine and lay your knowledge on thick.It is sad that you would have to make such an effort to prove yourself to somebody (and of course if you could care less, you don’t have to), but if it is really important to you to change that person’s prejudice around, then it is definitely worth the try. Sometimes all we can do is prove ourselves to others to banish negative perceptions or stereotypes that still exist about certain groups.

I do have a southern accent and what I do is talk even slower to make sure they notice I am playing around with them. Or I mention that yankees talk so fast that nobody can remember what they say.

I have what you would probably classify as a Hispanic accent, as my education from kindergarten through college was split between the US, Mexico and Belize. Hard as I try, it is detectable. I am never offended when people have an initial response to my accent.

That does not bother me. What does bother me is when people assume things of my personality, opinions, thoughts, plans or capabilities based strictly on my accent. I never challenge them on the pettiness of their ignorance, I prefer to challenge them on something more substantive.

The way I see it, if they underestimate me for my accent, they are leaving themselves exposed to be bettered by me in whatever situation we may find ourselves in. As far as southern accents are concerned, I actually find people with them to hold my attention more, than say, those with a neutral, Californian, laid back delivery; or the plainness of the Midwest accent. I once had a boss from Kentucky, I loved that variation of the southern accent; very similar to Virginians, everything sounded stately and regal.

I now deal with a lot of Texans, their southern accent is more folksy, but just as delightful. I suppose accents should be a source for individual pride and never a foundation for preconceived notions.

Well I might not tell them directly to their face how rude I thought they were but I would prove them wrong by engaging them in an intellectual conversation and I would try to test exactly how intelligent these people were. I am an educated woman, buy I have little tolerance for ignorance and prejudice. Assuming another person’s intelligence simply based on their looks, heritage, or accent does not truly indicate intellect on their part.

Any person going through years of education will likely have been exposed not only to a highly diverse college crowd, but also to interpersonal relationships with others from various backgrounds to whom they had to relate in a number of ways (through group projects, study groups, etc.). Further, most degree programs require the student to take a number of classes from different fields of study, such as the social and behavioral sciences, math, english, history, etc. This is done to allow the student to develop into a well-rounded individual who is schooled a little bit in different areas of life. Therefore, most students will have taken a psychology or sociology class during their college career, the foundation of which is based on making the student more sensitive to the behavior, personalities, and needs of others around them.

Having such a lack of person knowledge and not taking into consideration that a slow accent may only have to do with heritage rather than slow thinking processes would indicate to me that the person making such as statement is not so smart himself, is rather insensitive, and lacks proper people skills. Therefore I would say, prove them wrong. Find out what their academic or professional backgrounds are and then tell them a little bit about your own.

If you are passionate in your profession, this is your moment to truly shine and lay your knowledge on thick. It is sad that you would have to make such an effort to prove yourself to somebody (and of course if you could care less, you don’t have to), but if it is really important to you to change that person’s prejudice around, then it is definitely worth the try. Sometimes all we can do is prove ourselves to others to banish negative perceptions or stereotypes that still exist about certain groups.

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