The barrister who was mistaken for a defendant three times in one day at court has called for compulsory anti-racism training at every level of the UK legal system.
let's see the real stats on the ethnicity, race & gender of defendants first to see if there is reason for this notion to take hold.
I like how the problem is placed squarely with the folk who mistake her, through pattern recognition, for a criminal, and not with all the blacks who make up disproportionate visits to court. Perhaps she'd be better served asking her fellow blacks not to commit so much crime?
You should never report anything to do with racism your the most hypocrite racist newspaper out there!
tony_c_garcia That sounds like some kind of failed attempt at comedy. Mistaken is the wrong word.
I have a friend who needs help and it is breaking my heart that as a lawyer I have my hands tied. If anyone knows how to rescue my friend from the siege her and her 14 year old son are living other please let me know. ...... Carol is in danger
When black crime rates drop to the average I might agree with you, but until then, you have no case.
The more I see this pop up the more it annoys. The conspiracy theory of it having any connection whatsoever to skin colour is firmly implanted in her head. As a fat white middle aged bloke I can assure you I’ve had the sharp end of their tongues for wandering where I shouldn’t.
The mere fact that the court clerk. demands a person leave the courtroom because she associates black skin with criminality speaks volumes. Diversity training for adults is window dressing. How about teaching extending common courtesy regardless of race, creed, or color?
But The Tories Won't Do It. Guess Why?
Pros and cons.
I think she needs compulsory Security Training. She should have approached each entrance and been in each room clearly showing ID.
I hope that will include training regarding the narrative that all white people are racist
Not surprised..I use to work for a big bank..and on many occasions shopping for lunch at super market people use to ask me about food stuff ..Dumb and blind
'Wilson, whose chambers are near the Old Bailey in the City of London, is the author of In Black And White, which highlights the problem of racism in the courts.'
Are we still going on about this. I was mistaken for a shop assistant in sainsburys yesterday. Why wasn't this national news, along with calls for additional training.
They don't have this problem in Japan.
Are we still going on about this. I was mistaken for a shop assistant in sainsburys yesterday. Why wasn't this national news, and calls for additional training.
So low paid court employees are not deferential enough to well paid barristers. This is the Guardian’s position?
Barrister calls for anti racism training to make white lawyers aware of how innately bad they are due to the colour of their skin. As if they're not already feeling bad enough for being lawyers.
Imagine a white male being accidentally mistaken for somebody else and throwing a hissy fit this severe. This ride never stops. These people will never be satisfied. Their audacity knows no bounds. Frankly, she’s lucky to even live here. If she doesn’t like it, she should leave.
It happens to women of all races, they underestimate us just because we are women.
That won’t make any difference
Queue another group of older, white men calling unconscious-bias training ‘Orwellian!’
Diversity training perhaps? It’s not just race, but also age & sex in this case....
Lost count of the times I've walked up to a random shopper, any skin colour, wearing a black tee-shirt/jacket/blouse shopper thinking they're an assistant. Just saying.
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NOPE
She has a book out !
I thought that was basically the whole point of the wigs and robes?
Maybe there could also be compulsory training to identify musicians as we often see rappers and grime artists mistaken for musicians.
How is making a mistake racist?
Maybe she was dressed like the defender.
Nah
It's all over the world, I say.
Never fucking stops!!! No wonder “Great Britain” is slowly collapsing. Like a flan in a cupboard.
If a significantly disproportionate number of a given race were rocket scientists, then someone of that race attending a rocket science convention would likely be mistaken for a rocket scientist even if they weren’t. This isn’t rocket science!
Wow. Comments show the extent of the UKs racist problem? And just when Brexit is flailing, and Boris is wishing he was still grifting at the spectator. Humpty Dumpty...
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Dear God, help her grow up!
It's strange I as a mix race man dont act like this non white woman . Shouting out racism I get from white people . Perhaps I'm more educated and dont have that mental illness .
Damn, there are some asshole comments on here...
Race bait
It’s a Black day for common sense
Nope.
Not. Acceptable. End of.
Hundreds of Thousands of years of in-group selection has been hard wired into us. You cant 'train' that out. You can only train people behaviour, but why do that? Indoctrination is the word she wants to say. Racism is an issue of the heart, not the mind. Love is the answer.
Follow the money
No thanks.
I mean, it's UK shithole. With eurosexual attitude! Get over Brexit Guardian!
My somewhat estranged missus whose black and a vicar is often identified as a domestic at diocesan conferences. She has freehold, her bishop is trying to drive her out to make a killing. Eye of a needle?
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