On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 at 09:22, Alessandro Selli via lpi-examdev <[email protected]> wrote: > > Il 11/01/21 17:14, Ottavio Caruso via lpi-examdev ha scritto: > > On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 13:47, Dr. Markus Wirtz via lpi-examdev > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Thus we are looking for people > >> > > [...] > >> 2. who are native English speakers > > Please define "native English speakers". > > > > I did raise this issue in private but I have no other choice than go > > public now. I find this requirement particularly annoying and, in my > > country of residence (United Kingdom), considered racist and > > discriminatory. > > I do get the "discriminatory" side of the matter (some people could be > really fluent with English even though it's not their mother language). > But what about "racist"? > How does speaking a language have to do with race?
It's not about "speaking a language"; it's about a reference to "ethnic or national origins." See UK 2010 Equality Act: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/9 if we use the word "native" at face value ("associated with the place or circumstances of a person's birth."). Ironically, a native English speaker would not use this wording. I have hardly seen any reference to "native speakers" in work or volunteering vacancies in 20 odd years of living in UK. -- Ottavio Caruso _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] https://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
