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In reply to the discussion: I don't know about the rest of y'all, but every black person I know is thrilled about Meghan & Harry [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)of UK and the former empire. I like that. I like that the nasty reactions to her race are so minor that it's happening. I see it as an advance.
You seem really hipped on this whole subject of England's royal family, in a very negative way. Maybe examine why you object so much to them becoming less what you imagine you dislike so much? They're not half as important to me. I didn't even know until today that she existed or that her mother is black, PoC, whatever people prefer to call it. I just think it's nice and I was glad to hear about it.
If it's any perverse comfort to you, she's really as much white as black. It's not as if both her parents were Somali or some such. You can still despise the royal family for being appallingly wealthy (I'm with you to the point of very strongly disapproving that, but not to the point of becoming overcome with hostility) and failing to break that barrier.