RACE, POWER & RESPECT—Meghan Markle
Episode description
What could possibly go wrong when a beautiful actress marries a real-life Prince Charming? Nothing—or at least that is what we would like to believe. But, as we have learned, things became quite hairy when the handsome, eligible prince of the British Royal Family married an actress who is biracial: white father, black mother.
During a sensational interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex discuss their break from the Royal Family—or, The Firm, as it was referred to during the interview.
Given the British Royalty’s history of conquering black and brown people worldwide through colonialism and slavery, does it come as any surprise that a woman who is half-black would experience racism after marrying into this family? We examine this during this episode of The Tangent Talk.