1. The article quotes "linguistic characteristics common to a specific ethnic group", but the author then seems to conveniently miss off that qualification in h

1. The article quotes "linguistic characteristics common to a specific ethnic group", but the author then seems to conveniently miss off that qualification in his complaint later. The NYT article quotes PG: “You can sound like you’re from Russia,” he said, in the voice of an evil Soviet henchman. “It’s just fine, as long as everyone can understand you.” 2. The NYT article then goes on to say "Graham told the Strikingly founders that Chen’s accent was too strong". It doesn't say what "too strong" means, but given that he previously said "as long as everyone can understand you", it seems reasonable to assume that this was the problem. The NYT article continues by describing how another founder was quiet and uncomfortable at public speaking. I see no discrimination against "linguistic characteristics common to a specific ethnic group" here; just discrimination against not being able to understand the speaker, which seems perfectly fine when considering about investment into people who will need to do considerable public speaking to achieve success. 3. Betteridge's law of headlines wins again.