Meghan, the British Duchess of Sussex, spoke of the events following the death of George Floyd, saying that she was sorry that children had to grow up in a world where racism still existed and that current events in the United States are “devastating”.
“I know you know black lives matter,” said Meghan in a video she recorded for graduate students at her former high school in Los Angeles, which aired Wednesday.
Floyd’s death became the final flashpoint for a long-standing rage against police brutality against African Americans and led to nationwide protests, some violent, with curfews imposed in some cities to suppress disorder.
“In the past two weeks, I was planning to say a few words about your degree and, as we all saw last week, what’s going on in our country, in our state and in our hometown of LA is absolutely devastating, “said Meghan, whose mother is African American and father is white.
“The first thing I want to tell you is that I’m sorry, I’m really sorry that you have to grow up in a world where this is always there,” she said in her message to the girls of the Immaculate Heart High. School.
The Duchess, a former American actress and wife of Queen Elizabeth’s grandson, Prince Harry, said she wanted to say “the right thing” and was nervous that her words would be “separated”.
“The only bad thing to say is to say nothing. Because George Floyd’s life mattered, and Breonna Taylor’s life mattered, and Philando Castile’s life mattered and Tamir Rice’s life mattered, just like so many other people whose names we know, and whose names we know I don’t know, “she said.
The British royal family traditionally makes no comment on political matters. However, Meghan and Harry resigned from their official royal roles in late March and are now living in Los Angeles with their baby, Archie.
In her message, the 38-year-old woman spoke of her own memories of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
“These memories do not go away and I cannot imagine that at 17 or 18, how old are you now, you would have to have a different version of this same type of experience,” she said.
“This is something that you should have an understanding of, but an understanding like a history lesson and not like your reality. So, I’m sorry that somehow we haven’t brought the world to life. ‘place where you deserve it.’
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