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[quote=Anonymous]Another immigrant here.  Despite having lived most of my life, and being educated in, the US, I still have a fairly strong Eastern European accent.  I have found that there are always going to be people who believe that because you speak with an accent, you think with an accent, and who try to use it against you.  The thing that worked for me is to do well enough professionally and to get to a high enough level where any questioning of your competence is groundless and just makes the party questioning it look like a stupid bigot.  Unfortunately, it is a long and difficult road to get there, particularly if you are a quiet person who just wants to do her work and not get involved in company politics.  I have been there and I sympathize.

There is very little constructive advice I can offer beyond using your skills and experience to try to get another job that will hopefully be a better fit.  People like your boss rarely change and sometimes it is better for your own sanity to just get out of the toxic environment.[/quote]

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