BRISTOL, R.I. — Like many other law students, Brooklyn Crockton says she was inspired by the movie Legally Blonde, where protagonist Elle Woods goes to law school, discovering herself in the process.
“I saw this woman being her authentic self, inquisitive and beautiful. And I thought, ‘Hey, I can do that,’” she said.
“I was very taken aback. I'm almost never rendered speechless,” she said. “But in that moment, I realized I would never forget this interaction for the rest of my life because for no other reason that I could contrive, I was mistaken as the defendant in this line of attorneys.” Crockton shared her story in a TikTok video that quickly went viral. It currently has over 400,000 views.in a statement that it is"grateful" and"proud" that Crockton shared her story of bias.
After trying to assimilate to these expectations in the past, whether through the way she talked or dressed, she realized that she was being profiled anyway, despite these efforts. “Somebody commented that they've never seen a Black lawyer before," Luncheon said."They had never met a Black lawyer and that person is a lawyer themselves. And at that point, I was like, 'wow, you know, like, we need to be in this space.'”, only 4.7% of all lawyers in the United States were Black. The report found that lawyers of color made up just 14.6% of the legal profession.
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