Accent Discrimination: A Thing of the Past or Just As Prevalent As Ever?

David Hockney has been my favourite celebrity since I was a child. As someone who grew up in West Yorkshire, there are very few media personalities who I can claim as one of my own; visiting his exhibitions in Salts Mill is a fond memory, one of very few celebrities whose work I had the opportunity to see in person. When I was younger, I never even considered how different Hockney’s accent was compared to others around the country. After all, I grew up in an echo chamber of ‘mardy’ and ‘ta’. Now I’m older, I am very much aware of accent discrimination across the UK, and yet hearing him tell the BBC about the mockery he received for his Bradford twang was still a shock to the system. Hockney’s interview with the BBC iterates that even in 2025, accent discrimination is unfortunately still prevalent, something many people–particularly Northerners or those with strong regional accents–face daily at university or in the workplace. 

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