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How Meghan Markle Became Clickbait
The British royal family is a global symbol of Whiteness. As an emblem of white supremacy, their supporters despise the biracial Dutchess with a passion. That Meghan Markle outshines them all at every turn further rubs salt into bruised egos. Speaking through their tabloid allies, the palace hounds are out for blood.
Many people watched almost the entire first season of ‘Suits’ and had no idea the actress playing Rachel Zane was mixed-race. The first hint that Meghan Markle might be ‘Blackish’ came when Wendell Pierce arrived to play her on-screen father. The next we knew, the American actress was dating Prince Harry, with headlines like “Harry’s girl is (almost) straight outta Compton”. In other words, “ghetto.”
With her ‘exotic DNA’, the British public presumed Meghan Markle would be one of Harry’s short-term lovers. However, long before Meghan came on the scene, Black Brits had often joked about how Harry liked a bit of chocolate. He is, after all, more like his mother, we’d argue. So we realised pretty quickly the seriousness of their relationship when the Prince issued an official statement addressing “the racial undertones of comment pieces…