Breaking the Cycle
Jan 01, 2020
3 minutes
BY ANEETA SUNDARARAJ
Anewly qualified lawyer, Sara is excited and eager to work at a city firm she’s joined. Weeks later, she senses a pattern in the behaviour of some of the clerks. Whenever she hands them a document to amend, they will share it among themselves and start talking in their mother tongue. She knows she’s being excluded and asks them to speak in English so she can participate in the conversation. They brush her off and, with a smile, say that they’re more comfortable speaking in their mother tongue.
One day,
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