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Why linguistic diversity faces discrimination in law enforcement

My Puerto Rican accent gets stronger when I'm stressed and supervisors have told me it makes me sound 'unprofessional.'

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The equation of linguistic assimilation with professional competence and authority.

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