Kevin Maxwell was a dream candidate for the police force - passionate, hard-working and keen to serve his community. And, as a gay black man from a working-class family, he could easily have been a poster boy for the Force's stated commitment to equal opportunities. Instead he came up against entrenched prejudice, open racism and homophobia. For more than ten years, Kevin strove against the odds, until he took the Force to an employment tribunal, with devastating results. Forced Out combines deeply affecting memoir with sharp analysis and a fascinating insider perspective on life in the force. It asks the important question: what needs to change?
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One of the most compulsive books I've read in a long while. Maxwell's experiences as a black gay policeman demonstrate how far we have to go as a country when the institution created to protect us persecutes us instead. I was shocked and saddened at the systemic discrimination and corruption directed at him by his colleagues and superiors, and how they closed ranks to cover their tracks -- Bernardine Evaristo * author of Booker prizewinning Girl, Woman, Other * Forced Out is a searing dissection of institutional racism and personal tragedy with two major UK police forces with tendrils extending into the dark world of compromat and media manipulation. Painstakingly researched and beautifully written, this is a burning, righteous book -- A. L. Kennedy Brave and essential, Forced Out is a shocking expose of racism and homophobia in today's police. This courageous book pushes us to demand equality, fairness and accountability -- Peter Tatchell Kevin is an example of what the police force needs in its ranks: a gay, black man from an ordinary family. [And yet] his career was destroyed by unaccountable, untouchable senior officers who don't like different ... We all need to read accounts like this to understand the mechanics of inequality so that it can be dismantled -- Gurpal Virdi, author of * Behind the Blue Line * Chilling * Observer * A compelling expose of racism and homophobia within the police force -- Gay's the Word
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Höhe: 198 mm
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Dicke: 21 mm
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978-1-84627-681-1 (9781846276811)
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Kevin Maxwell served as a detective in both the Greater Manchester and London's Metropolitan Police forces. He now writes and advocates for social justice and equality. He has written for newspapers and magazines including the Independent and the Guardian, and has appeared on television and radio for the BBC and Sky News. Kevin was awarded an MBE For services to Diversity through Literature in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2021.
