Serena Williams Leads Millions Around The World In Support of Meghan Markle
In a two-hour interview with celebrated media personality Oprah Winfrey, Markle, whose mother is Black, stated that her husband Prince Harry revealed his family's concerns over "how dark" her son Archie's skin would be.
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Tennis superstar Serena Williams led millions around the world in voicing their support for her best friend Meghan Markle after her allegations of racism in the Royal Family went viral on social media.
In a two-hour interview with celebrated media personality Oprah Winfrey, Markle, whose mother is Black, stated that her husband Prince Harry revealed his family's concerns over "how dark" her son Archie's skin would be.
She added that no members of the Royal family came out to defend her against a barrage of what she termed as racist coverage from British media houses.
"Her words illustrate the pain and cruelty she's experienced," Williams tweeted after the interview aired on Sunday, March 5.
"I know first hand the sexism and racism institutions and the media use to vilify women and people of color to minimize us, to break us down and demonize us," said Williams, hailing her "selfless friend."
"We must recognize our obligation to decry malicious, unfounded gossip and tabloid journalism. The mental health consequences of systemic oppression and victimization are devastating, isolating and all too often lethal."
African American poet Gorman, who became an instant celebrity after her reading at US President Joe Biden's inauguration, added that the British royal family had missed an opportunity to change.
"Meghan was the Crown's greatest opportunity for change, regeneration, and reconciliation in a new era. They didn't just maltreat her light -- they missed out on it," the 22-year-old Gorman tweeted, referencing Prince Harry's mother Diana, who was killed in a high-speed car crash in Paris in 1997 as she tried to escape a battalion of photographers.
"Meghan is living the life Diana should have if only those around her had been as brave as she was. Meghan isn't living a life without pain, but a life without a prison.
"This isn't Meghan's princess 'happy' ending. But sometimes change, the decisions that bring us the most hurt, aren't about happiness, but healing."
Meena Harris, the niece of Vice President Kamala Harris, also stood behind Markle.
"She was suicidal and begged for help," she said, adding a tweet with a quote from Markle after discussing her mental health struggles with Winfrey.
The racism Markle experienced was so rampant that at one point during her time with the royal family, she thought about committing suicide. She was also denied help at the time she was going through a mental health crisis.
“In those months when I was pregnant, all around this same time, so we have in tandem the conversation of, you won’t be given security, not gonna be given a title and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born.” Markle indicated.
