Oyez. Oyez. Oyez. The proclamation is done and dusted. Itâs time to have a seat. Fan ourselves back to cool and calm after going all aflutter with the news of a royal marriage.Monday morning delivered a spot of brightness that spread cheer in defiance of the bleak times: a blue-blooded prince is turning a biracial commoner into a princess. Miscegenation in the age of the Alt-Right, or a resurgent white supremacy â itâs practically an act of subversion, and from the British royals, no less.With her engagement pushing Meghan Markle to stratospheric celebrity status, itâs safe to say the new poster girl of âunconventionalâ is here, who by her existence will challenge the fallacy of post-racialism.A headline on The Guardianâs liveblog read: âJoy or disdain? Follow the reactions to the royal engagement.âFormer U.K. foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind told the media Markleâs mixed-race background (her mother is Black, her father white) is not news anymore. âItâs the least interesting aspect of the dayâs news,â he said. âItâs not an issue. There is no controversy. The world has moved on.âThe woman in question feels differently. In the coupleâs first joint interview on Monday, Markle said she found the focus on her heritage âdisheartening.ââYou know itâs a shame that that is the climate in this world, to focus that much on that, or that that would be discriminatory in that sense,â she said.Read more: Prince knew she was the one âthe very first time we metâ: Harry, Markle announce engagementCan Meghan Markle keep up her acting career? And other royal questionsMeghan Markle wears coat from Toronto label at Kensington debutEditorial: Harry and Meghan are a royal couple for the timesIf her race does not matter, why are people being asked to comment on it? Why would the media affect such nonchalance while talking about MarkleR ...
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