One in four professionals have been mocked or singled out in the workplace due to their accent. Shutterstock/Roman Samborskyi February 24, 2026 Mocking people for their class is discrimination – so why don’t we treat it as such? Toni Beardmore, Aberystwyth University ‘Banter’ about where you’re from or how you speak is harder to define than racism or sexism, but it is damaging.
