How financial technology can discriminate against people speaking minority dialects – new evidence from China
- Written by Athanasios Andrikopoulos, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Finance, University of Hull
Chaay_Tee / ShutterstockIn the UK, studies have repeatedly found evidence of accentism. Prejudice based on someone’s way of speaking can affect people in the classroom, the office and beyond.
Our research of dialects and peer-to-peer lending in China found that this kind of linguistic discrimination can also influence someone’s access...
