In black and white : a young barrister's story of race and class in a broken justice system / Alexandra Wilson.
By: Wilson, Alexandra (Barrister) [author.]
.Publisher: London : Endeavour, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, 2020Description: ix, 262 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781913068288; 9781913068295.Subject(s): Wilson, Alexandra (Barrister) | Lawyers -- Biography -- Great Britain | Racially mixed people -- Great Britain | Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Great Britain | Crime and race -- Great Britain | Domestic relations courts -- Great Britain | Juvenile courts -- Great BritainDDC classification: 345.00941 Summary: "Alexandra Wilson was a teenager when her dear family friend Ayo was stabbed on his way home from football. Ayo’s death changed Alexandra. She felt compelled to enter the legal profession in search of answers. As a junior criminal and family law barrister, Alexandra finds herself navigating a world and a set of rules designed by a privileged few. A world in which fellow barristers sigh with relief when a racist judge retires: ‘I’ve got a black kid today and he would have had no hope’. In her debut book, In Black and White, Alexandra re-creates the tense courtroom scenes, the heart-breaking meetings with teenage clients, and the moments of frustration and triumph that make up a young barrister’s life. Alexandra shows us how it feels to defend someone who hates the colour of your skin, or someone you suspect is guilty. We see what it is like for children coerced into county line drug deals and the damage that can be caused when we criminalise teenagers. Alexandra’s account of what she has witnessed as a young mixed-race barrister is in equal parts shocking, compelling, confounding and powerful."-- Taken from Hachette site. https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/alexandra-wilson/in-black-and-white/9781913068288/
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"Alexandra Wilson was a teenager when her dear family friend Ayo was stabbed on his way home from football. Ayo’s death changed Alexandra. She felt compelled to enter the legal profession in search of answers. As a junior criminal and family law barrister, Alexandra finds herself navigating a world and a set of rules designed by a privileged few. A world in which fellow barristers sigh with relief when a racist judge retires: ‘I’ve got a black kid today and he would have had no hope’. In her debut book, In Black and White, Alexandra re-creates the tense courtroom scenes, the heart-breaking meetings with teenage clients, and the moments of frustration and triumph that make up a young barrister’s life. Alexandra shows us how it feels to defend someone who hates the colour of your skin, or someone you suspect is guilty. We see what it is like for children coerced into county line drug deals and the damage that can be caused when we criminalise teenagers. Alexandra’s account of what she has witnessed as a young mixed-race barrister is in equal parts shocking, compelling, confounding and powerful."-- Taken from Hachette site.
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/alexandra-wilson/in-black-and-white/9781913068288/