Baugh- housing study

• Who made the first phone calls in 1988 regarding housing discrimination?

  John Baugh
• What was John Baugh's profession?

  Professor of education and linguistics
• What method did Baugh use to test for discrimination?

  He called landlords using different accents
• What was the outcome when Baugh used an African-American or Latino accent?

  Calls were not returned or properties unavailable
• What did Baugh find when he used professional standard English?

  He was generally invited to see properties
• What does Baugh's research relate to in terms of housing discrimination?

  How landlords use answering machines racially
• What did the National Fair Housing Alliance find about call returns?

  White callers get returned calls, black callers do not
• What is one implication of Baugh's research for educational reform?

  Whether to teach minority children to "talk white"
• What does Baugh praise teachers for in his seminar?

  Helping students transition to standard English
• What is the goal of Baugh's graduate-student research group?

  To examine issues related to linguistic profiling
• What are linguistics students doing each week for Baugh's research?

  Recording voice samples from testers
• What is Baugh's long-term hope for the voice samples collected?

  To compile a database for antidiscrimination cases
• How might Baugh's statistical evidence help in discrimination cases?

  It may reveal concealed discrimination