I am a student studying in Macau where most of people here speak cantonese. I did have the experience of being discriminated by others on campus because of my cantonese accent.
For telling the story better, I want to talk about my language background first.
Since I was born and raised in a cantonese speaking family, I have picked up Cantonese as my first language very naturally. My father is from Hong Kong and he speaks Hong Kong cantonese. However, my mother is from southern west of China and her first language is Sichuan dialect. She lives in Canton since very young so she can also speak cantonese but with an Sichuan accent. That’s my cantonese speaking background. It is true that I have been influenced by my mother and sometimes may speak cantonese with a little bit Sichuan accent. Plus, when I started my primary school, a policy of prohibiting students speaking dialects in school was conducted, which contributed to my cantonese proficiency decrease.
The story is that I went to the college next door to dine and ordered a stone pot bibimbap in cantonese. I pronounced the “pot” in Sichuan dialect way, unfamiliarly. It is “bun6” in Macau cantonese while I said “ban” at the time. Upon hearing my accent, the stuff suddenly frowned and curled her lip momentarily. I captured that slight disposition unfortunately. Even if it was a trivial case, it still made my feel being discriminated and uneasy.