Tag: Inclusion

What You Sayin’? – The Evolving Lexicon of Love Island, & the Stereotyping of Accents

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The accent heard by some of Love Island’s 2023, series 10 cast, in particular Tyrique, Zachariah, and Andre Furtado, is not Jamaican Patios, but is in fact a new accent which developed in the late 20th century amongst young working-class Brits, coexisting and socialising in the multicultural boroughs of London, where coincidentally Zachariah, Tyrique, and Andre all hail. This relatively new accent is known as Multicultural London English (MLE), regional variations of the accent are termed Multicultural British English (MBE) ...

A Service of Civil Unrest: The subtleties behind Diversity and Inclusion

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Diversity is inviting all manner of societal members to come and sit at the desk alongside those society deems as belonging to majority groups. Inclusion is remembering how to pronounce their names properly once they take their rightful place at the desk alongside their colleagues...