The Takeaway

Meghan and Harry’s Interview Underscored the Horrors of British Racism

Plus: It literally took a Black American — Tyler Perry — to help keep baby Archie safe after his blood family removed aid

Nadine Drummond
Momentum
Published in
4 min readMar 10, 2021

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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and their baby son Archie during their royal tour of South Africa on September 25, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo: Toby Melville/Pool/Getty Images

I caught all my Rastaman vibrations after watching Meghan and Harry sit down with Oprah. I actively started to “Chant Down Babylon” reciting the classic Bob Marley song and calling out for lightning and thunder to cast Meghan and Harry’s enemies asunder. I even joined my mum in citing Psalms 109 to provide divine protection for Meghan and their son Archie and smite their enemies.

Despite my desire to protect them, what the interview did was underscore the horrors of White supremacy and anti-Black racism and reinforced the hard lessons I learned long ago.

  1. “Your silence will not protect you.” — Audre Lorde

Meghan describes herself as a woman who has always valued independence and had spoken up for herself and others but had had her voice silenced by the royal family. She even draws parallels with her royal life and that of Ariel in the iconic Disney film, The Little Mermaid. Ariel lost her voice after falling in love with a prince and then after a whole lot of drama, like Meghan, Ariel gets her voice back…

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Nadine Drummond
Momentum

Bacchanalist🧨, Journalist🥇, Filmmaker 🎬, aspiring vegan 🌱 with 👸🏾Feminist politics who praises Rastafari🔥 & studies no Evil💕.