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Hear Me Out: You Need To Care About Meghan Markle
Slate Race and Identity
The Press Coverage and Conversation Around Racism
The royal family's handling and treatment of Megan, in addition to the allegations that over the racist discussion of their child, were involved. When Elizabeth stepped into the throne, that the monarchy was very much involved in an extremely racist empire. Once Megan and Harry spoke about racist moments within their own family, once they came forward, then the press coverage, then the questions publicly started to come forward more. There were actually interviewers asking William for the first time, is your family racist? And he should have just said nothing. But instead, he said, we're very much not a racist family. And that snowballed into even more questions. Can we talk about the transatlantic slave trade?
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