Not like one has to look very hard when it is on display daily. Again I am not claiming every issue that some have with Meghan is racial. That is ridiculous. I just don't get some of this need to downplay that a good portion is and frankly it is head scratching. Official police calling an incident a racist hate crime and we have people bending over backwards to say "I don't think it really was..." That doesn't help anymore than some seeing racism in all critiques. I think in that we can at least agree.
You really don't have to look hard at all for bias and racism. Newspapers like the Daily Mail are hardly hiding it and write dogwhistle headlines that draw out the racist comments in their comment section.
Its one thing to criticize Meghan for wearing dark colors or wearing an expensive dress, but when they criticize Meghan for being huggy wuggy and yet praise other royals for doing the same thing that is an example of bias. When one headline praises William for high fives yet the next day Meghan giving a high five shows how she breaks protocol that is bias.
Racism is not always implicit or in your face. Newspapers like The Daily Mail are trying to set the narrative that Meghan is inappropriate when she has done nothing wrong. Sometimes they deliberately mislead to create a narrative that speaks to their racist base. A headline LIE such as Meghan being raised Catholic is all it takes to solidify their narrative that Meghan breaks protocol, she is wrong, she is OTHER, she is not to be trusted.
Sources like the mail are not simply criticizing they are narrative building and all of her actions be it benign like smiling to hard or speaking at a forum will be categorized as wrong no matter what. The level of hate for someone so benign is staggering.
There's nothing embarrassing about these images and footage at all. As somebody who loves history I Champion the practice of putting things into historical context; I don't hold people who lived a century ago to modern standards.
You really don't have to look hard at all for bias and racism. Newspapers like the Daily Mail are hardly hiding it and write dogwhistle headlines that draw out the racist comments in their comment section.
Its one thing to criticize Meghan for wearing dark colors or wearing an expensive dress, but when they criticize Meghan for being huggy wuggy and yet praise other royals for doing the same thing that is an example of bias. When one headline praises William for high fives yet the next day Meghan giving a high five shows how she breaks protocol that is bias.
Racism is not always implicit or in your face. Newspapers like The Daily Mail are trying to set the narrative that Meghan is inappropriate when she has done nothing wrong. Sometimes they deliberately mislead to create a narrative that speaks to their racist base.
There is undoubtably racism involved in some of the "criticism" of Meghan. But even if both her parents were of Northern European ancestry but she were still American, divorced, an actress, etc there would still be bias against her. And even without those factors, the gutter press would find something to spin negatively.
There is undoubtably racism involved in some of the "criticism" of Meghan. But even if both her parents were of Northern European ancestry but she were still American, divorced, an actress, etc there would still be bias against her. And even without those factors, the gutter press would find something to spin negatively.
What does the inaccurate story that was making the rounds before the engagement that Meghan was Catholic (because she had attended a Catholic school) have to do with racism?
I agree O-H... hypocrisy and bias doesn't necessarily have to be about racism. The Daily Mail criticizing Meghan for hugging has nothing to do with her being biracial.
When Meghan is criticized yet another royal does the same exact thing it is racist.
Oh I don't read the Daily Express. This was doing the rounds on Twitter within a certain fandom.
My thoughts are this: if the remarks are true, i am not surprised because Philip certainly has form on making such statements. This is certainly a slight on Meghan being American rather than biracial.
Meghan and Wallis are nothing alike.