A professor of black studies, Kehinde Andrews, has claimed the monarchy will do all it can to ensure Meghan Markle 'passes for white' when she marries Prince Harry. According to Andrews, 'the only way she can be a princess is to downplay her blackness.' In the same discussion, one of his students agreed: 'She can't embody her blackness once she is part of that family'. 'You ain't gonna see Meghan at carnival', she added. Well, they're both wrong.
Meghan Markle 'can't embody her blackness once she's part of the Royal Family'.
In a series exploring what impact Meghan Markle can have as a royal, Professor Kehinde Andrews warns about 'post-race' promises. pic.twitter.com/H8j0n2PNmZ
— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 16, 2018
As a black person, I find such arguments disturbing.