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Why I'm So Proud Meghan Markle Made The Royal Wedding Unapologetically Black
Yahoo ^ | 5/21/18

Posted on 05/21/2018 2:49:37 PM PDT by Altura Ct.

My father is Black, and my mother is Puerto Rican. As a biracial woman, I'm very familiar with questions like, "What are you?" "But what do you consider yourself?" and insinuations of "But is she really Black?" And as much as I wish I could say this type of thinking was unique to my childhood or some less-progressive era long ago, it's something I still deal with today. Yup, in 2018. For some people, regardless of their race (and sometimes even my own friends and family) it's apparently very difficult to understand the concept that a person can proudly embrace and claim two cultures and races with open arms. But obviously, I love both of my parents equally. How could I ever be expected to choose one side or the other? How can anyone expect a person of mixed descent to simply pick — or try to dictate what their identity is for them?

Meghan Markle is not a stranger to this narrative. The daughter of a white father and a Black mother, she has spoken and even written about the complications that have come with her racial ambiguity. In a poignant essay for Elle UK in 2015 (a year before she began dating Prince Harry), she wrote: "Being biracial paints a blurred line that is equal parts staggering and illuminating." Her race has also has been at the center of the conversation surrounding her entry into the royal family, to the point where Prince Harry had to release a statement asking the media to back off. Even in her engagement interview with BBC — which should have been about nothing but her newfound happiness — Markle had to address the attention on her race, calling it "disheartening" and "a shame."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: blacks; deliverusfromeva; fakenobility; markle; meghanmarkle; royals; royaltymyass; royalwedding; royalwhorehouse; sjwbs; spareme; tabloidfodder; unitedkingdom; wallissimpson; whensthedivorce; whorehouse
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1 posted on 05/21/2018 2:49:37 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

Enough with race. Racism everywhere and seems like our progress of last few decades completely lost.


2 posted on 05/21/2018 2:52:14 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Altura Ct.
"What are you?" "But what do you consider yourself?"

I've been asked that question for nearly 60 years...........I just say "American"..................

3 posted on 05/21/2018 2:52:46 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Red Badger

Human.

I could care less about my mixed background.

To the extent I’m interested, I don’t pick sides - so I’m not obsessed with it.


4 posted on 05/21/2018 2:55:35 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who AlbertLives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Altura Ct.

How did she make a wedding black? Pick the whitest “black” woman you can find and then say everything is black? There are some serious mental problems going on with these people.


5 posted on 05/21/2018 2:56:05 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Altura Ct.

Cheap champagne, cocaine, and shootings?


6 posted on 05/21/2018 2:56:30 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Red Badger

When people give me a hard time, I tell them I’m fen.


7 posted on 05/21/2018 2:56:37 PM PDT by jdege
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To: Altura Ct.

Apparently, it’s really all about skin.

That’s how we judge people nowadays. I guess.

I mean, if the Left didn’t want us to pass judgement on people based on skin, they wouldn’t bring it up every 30 seconds, right?


8 posted on 05/21/2018 2:56:51 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: Reno89519

I’d say she is probably an octoroon.


9 posted on 05/21/2018 2:57:58 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: Altura Ct.

I think that was the plan all along.


10 posted on 05/21/2018 2:58:29 PM PDT by yarddog
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11 posted on 05/21/2018 2:58:31 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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To: Altura Ct.

If I was Markle, when questioned about what I am - I would say “rich”.


12 posted on 05/21/2018 2:59:44 PM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: Altura Ct.

It’s not white people identifying others by skin color. It’s non-white people identifying themselves only by their skin color. So why do they call white people racist? So they can pretend to be victims.


13 posted on 05/21/2018 2:59:58 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Altura Ct.

Thanks Obama, mission accomplished!


14 posted on 05/21/2018 3:00:42 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: jjotto
Cheap champagne, cocaine, and shootings?

LOL!

15 posted on 05/21/2018 3:01:57 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Altura Ct.
But why couldn't the cast of Barber Shop come on and do a skit, or have Tyler Perry’s Madea character help officiate?
16 posted on 05/21/2018 3:02:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Cheap champagne Colt 45, cocaine, and shootings?

Fixed it.

17 posted on 05/21/2018 3:02:46 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Altura Ct.
I'm very familiar with questions like, "What are you?"

Apparently, she's a race-obsessed idiot.

18 posted on 05/21/2018 3:03:23 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Altura Ct.

I can’t wait for this chick to disappear into the satin closet of the House of Windsor. May we get a break for at least two years before she’s seen in Mustique with a buff pool boy.


19 posted on 05/21/2018 3:04:22 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Altura Ct.

Hey, I embrace my blackness too every time I pick up my guitar.
I playz the Blues.
Ain’t got nothing to do with skin cause I white on the outside.


20 posted on 05/21/2018 3:04:44 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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