LING/ANTH Based on their analysis of Rachel Jeantel\'s language and responses to

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LING/ANTH

Based on their analysis of Rachel Jeantel's language and responses to it, John Rickford and colleauges argue that:

the racial composition of the jury did not play a role in considering her testimony

white jurors' perceptions of her credibility and intelligibility were shaped by biases toward her "nonstandard" languge use

white jurors discredited her testimony simply because they could not understand her, but there was no bias present

there was no evidence for linguistic profiling based on her speech

the racial composition of the jury did not play a role in considering her testimony

white jurors' perceptions of her credibility and intelligibility were shaped by biases toward her "nonstandard" languge use

white jurors discredited her testimony simply because they could not understand her, but there was no bias present

there was no evidence for linguistic profiling based on her speech

There was no evidence of linguistic profiling based on her speech as this is an argument clearly raised by john rockford in his analysis

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