Accent

I have been looking into the issue of accents and the studies are quite interesting. Many studies show that listeners are biased against people who speak with an Asian, Spanish, or Arab accent. The studies also show that listeners are biased against Black English speakers. Additionally, listeners are biased against regional accents such as the Southern accent. Accents can trigger negative stereotypes. All of this shows that people find various ways of distinguishing between "us" and "them" (the "others"), and accent is one of those ways.