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In my experience the request for a white male barrister would be on the basis of wanting to deal with someone of a similar cultural and male oriented attitude as the Client and so not racist or sexist at all.
Of course one can get an Asian barrister with a British cultural attitude or a female barrister with empathy towards male oriented attitudes but the chances are against it.
I have no problems with a female client requesting a female barrister or an Asian client preferring an Asian barrister.
Much of this PC stuff is pretty nonsensical really and it is sad that the Law Society and the SRA go along with it.