Why “Native English Speaker” perpetuates racism and NEEDS to change

Victoria-Marie
6 min readMar 29, 2021

“I’m afraid your rate is way too high. As a feedback: even native Engish writers don’t charge so much! It should be at least half or 1/3 or even 1/4 of what you stated”

My attempt at capturing how I felt about such a comment.

I had recently entered the space of freelance copywriting work, hoping to earn some coffee money while I am on No Pay Leave to look after my son. After all, I found some time in…

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Victoria-Marie

Linguist. Writer. Mum. Currently navigating life with intense sleep deprivation, and learning how to still do what I love - teaching and parenting.