My first thought when reading this was to think of a solution. What barristers had some kind of badge? Or what if barrister wigs and gowns were reinstated in Magistrates Courts?
This was the wrong thought. Because...
We shouldn’t need freakin’ badges to stop people making racist assumptions.
If I had the emoji keyboard installed then between every word in that sentence would be a clap icon.
ASIDE: The other day I experienced the opposite of this. I had to go to hospital for a thing, and I turn up in my generic work clothes - smart shoes, trousers, shirt, no tie - with my office lanyard around my neck.
Three separate people thought I was a doctor. Doors were *literally* opened for me, into rooms that I should have been prohibited from entering. I’m sure it was because I was white, male, and have an air of confidence.
The @EssexBarrister story and my anecdote are emblematic of a wider problem in our society: woman/POC denied entry to spaces where they should be; men/white people granted entry to spaces where they should not be.
Many of those spaces are where DECISIONS are made.
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