But back to Meghan... I really, really liked her when she first came on the scene and thought Harry was definitely marrying up. I started having my doubts at the time of the wedding and now think this marriage was a terrible mistake. I soured on it because of the hypocrisy, the ghosting of past friends/family, the incessant whining, the entitlement, and the treatment of people behind the scenes—much of which has never hit the tabloid media. None of this has anything to do with racism.
She knew marrying him meant representing a country. Other girls like Chelsy broke up with him because they didn’t want that.
Princes William and Harry have issued a joint statement regarding what they claim is a false and inflammatory report in The Times:
Harry and William brand 'false' story about their relationship 'offensive'
Really some of these 'sources' who seek to speak on Harry and Meghan's behave aren't doing Harry and Meghan any favours and I am glad that Harry has issued this joint statement with William denying this.
Who wore what broach?
So is ambition. As in blind ambition.They do say that “Love is blind.”
The UK have school uniforms.
Let’s expand here... my white stepson is happily married to a Japanese woman and they live in Japan. He also speaks fluent Japanese. He constantly overhears racist remarks behind his back. For example, a couple of outwardly sweet looking women were going off on how he looked like a monkey because he’s got some body hair (very little, actually), and that’s not the worst of it. It’s been going on for years. Sometimes he calls them up short in Japanese to shame them. Even the government doesn’t recognize his last name as the last name of his kids. They have to use their mom’s maiden name. There was terrible racism from the extended inlaws at their wedding. But you know what? He gets on with it. He loves living in Japan and the Japanese, and has the wisdom to realize that most people don’t think like this.
So if the Japanese are hostile to white people it's after many brutal years of oppression by white people. That's prejudice, not racism.
Meghan did not choose to represent a country. She chose a man to get married to.
What are some of your reputable sources re racism?How do you know all these things? From mostly anonymous news reports and even more anonymous blog and message board posts.
And racism has had a lot to do with all of that.
The irony is that the person who was born to it is the one who couldn't fit in anymore. Meghan has been lovely and gracious and worked very hard, while Harry has appeared far more uncomfortable than she has. He has hated the press forever and I think he did little to nothing to help her deal with the scrutiny because he can not deal with it rationally himself.
What a stupid and insensitive thing to say, when someone is describing actual examples of racist things that have been said to their faces.
I just hope Harry survives all this. I think he has a very tender and bruised heart.
So is ambition. As in blind ambition.
@Oreo that is such a false equivalency. White people can never "understand" the experience of racism. They can understand prejudice, but not racism, because the white race is the race to which all others are compared (and inevitably considered inferior). I'll never remember how in 7th grade history the teacher said "Eastern culture is inferior. Western culture is superior."
So if the Japanese are hostile to white people it's after many brutal years of oppression by white people. That's prejudice, not racism.
I also don't believe people will ever become less racist. I think laws can be passed to make racism more difficult for people, and there can be policies within companies that fire people for egregious cases of racism (like the radio personality who called Archie a chimpanzee), but the racism will always be there and it will never get better.
Also I hate to say it but "entitlement" and "hypocrisy" are two of the words most lobbed at women of color. It's like Michelle Obama being called a gorilla and also "hypocritical" and "entitled" even though she was none of those things.
Reports say Chelsy & Cressida broke up with him due to the constant media attention, not that they didn't want to represent their country. And you are very judgemental. I don't think any of us can really know what the last 2 yrs have been like for her. Or for him having to see his wife & son ripped to shreds in the media. BTW I know plenty of whites who would be delighted for segregation to be legal again.
@Judy I live in NYC. Which is a very diverse place. But the school systems are still segregated in a shameful way.
I would be horrified at any type of segregation. It was so, so wrong to ever have happened in the first place.
“Today my family had very constructive discussions on the future of my grandson and his family,” the reigning monarch shared in a statement. “My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry and Meghan’s desire to create a new life as a young family. Although we would have preferred them to remain full-time working Members of the Royal Family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family.
“Harry and Meghan have made clear that they do not want to be reliant on public funds in their new lives,” the 93-year-old continued. “It has therefore been agreed that there will be a period of transition in which the Sussexes will spend time in Canada and the UK. These are complex matters for my family to resolve, and there is some more work to be done, but I have asked for final decisions to be reached in the coming days.”
I share your horror. But that doesn't change the fact that some people are that hateful.
Of all the things said to Meghan "she didn't know her place" is the worst IMO. That's such a elitist thing to say or think. Not to mention racist.
Of course they are. Not by law but in practice, just as in the U.S. People of color, immigrants, the poor live in different neighborhoods and have less access to private/magnet/charter options than those who are white and wealthy.come to Canada! Schools are not segregated here.
The best possible result.The Queen has issued a statement.
No details, but it sounds like an agreement has been reached that the Sussexes will split their time between Canada and the UK, and will no longer be "full-time working royals," and will be transitioning away from being dependent on public funds (presumably, the Sovereign Grant).
The Queen has issued a statement.
No details, but it sounds like an agreement has been reached that the Sussexes will split their time between Canada and the UK, and will no longer be "full-time working royals," and will be transitioning away from being dependent on public funds (presumably, the Sovereign Grant).
This statement is SO ignorant. You do realize that Western culture is not the norm in other parts of the world. It certainly isn't in EASTERN parts of the world. In fact, one thing you should realize if you interact with people from all over the world is that there are plenty of people from Eastern countries and cultures who think that Eastern culture is better and that we Westerners are inferior and to be pitied.@Oreo that is such a false equivalency. White people can never "understand" the experience of racism. They can understand prejudice, but not racism, because the white race is the race to which all others are compared (and inevitably considered inferior). I'll never remember how in 7th grade history the teacher said "Eastern culture is inferior. Western culture is superior."
School uniforms in Israel = t-shirt/sweatshirt/hoodie with the school logo printed on it. We're a very untiffed nation.School dress codes, IMHO, are very much based on the old white man / old boy idea of what people should wear. The sooner they are gone, the better. I had one of my better rants when a teacher told my dd that her wearing a tank top on an extremely hot day “distracted the boys.”
@MacMadame As someone who is Asian I can tell you that standards of beauty very much revolve around white standards of beauty. It's considered beautiful to have big eyes, double eyelids, a sharp nose, high cheekbones, and of course white skin. The plastic surgery industry in Asia to get those features is out of control.