The Truth Behind Thick Accents: Foreigners Judged Less Truthful

Igor walks into the employment office and is interviewed by that most unlikely human, a person who has no prejudice against others who are somehow different. But Igor has a heavy accent and his words are hard to understand as he tries to convince the interviewer that he's not the Igor identified in the morning newspaper as the thief who was just released from state prison. Will he get the job? Not likely, according to new research from the University of Chicago. The interviewer will probably...Full Story