{"id":3992,"date":"2021-03-08T11:45:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T07:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=42430"},"modified":"2021-03-08T11:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T07:45:20","slug":"racist-revelations-made-during-the-meghan-x-harry-oprah-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/latest\/racist-revelations-made-during-the-meghan-x-harry-oprah-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Peeps Are Appalled By Racist Allegations Made During The Meghan X Harry Oprah Interview\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tell-all Oprah interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is the talk of the town right now.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s been a mystery for several months now is finally unravelling in the shape of a globally televised interview. This is the first time a member of the royal family has obliged to such an intimate interview following late Princess Diana (revealing details\u00a0of her failed marriage), and the former British prince and Meghan have given all the dirt on the &#8220;institution&#8221; or its lack thereof.<\/p>\n<p>There were a number of revelations made, from the couple expecting a baby girl and them secretly getting married 3 days prior to their royal wedding, to conversations within the household of how dark baby Archie\u2019s skin might be.<\/p>\n<p>Racism being imposed on an unborn child? Now, that was one confession that brought the house down. Enraging the public, clips of this interview started doing rounds and to say that Dubai peeps were upset, would be an understatement.<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both;'><\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<h2>The conversation showed how society (starting from long-haul institutions) is still a long way from progress in terms of race, acceptance and equality.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As a mixed race woman, this hurt my soul.\ud83d\udc94<br \/>It\u2019s despicable conversations like this are still happening, even at this level, in 2021.<br \/>I commend Harry for standing up for his family &amp; Meghan for speaking out. <br \/>Ppl have no idea how deeply embedded racism can be. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OprahMeghanHarry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OprahMeghanHarry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QR2bIBBamb\">https:\/\/t.co\/QR2bIBBamb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tara Setmayer (@TaraSetmayer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaraSetmayer\/status\/1368784202615947266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><em>&#8220;A Black man gave them a home. A Black woman gave them a platform&#8221;<\/em>&#8230; the irony!<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two things stood out to me from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OprahMeghanHarry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OprahMeghanHarry<\/a> interview: <br \/>&#8211; Tyler Perry offered them security when the royal family wouldn\u2019t. <br \/>&#8211; Oprah allowed them to tell their story when the royal family wouldn\u2019t. <\/p>\n<p>A Black man gave them a home. A Black woman gave them a platform. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uIDDNAsSG7\">pic.twitter.com\/uIDDNAsSG7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Saeed Ahmed (@saeed_ahmed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saeed_ahmed\/status\/1368768660609904640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Netizens are unable to believe that &#8220;Archie&#8217;s skin tone&#8221; was an ACTUAL conversation in this day and age&#8230; especially within the royal household and institution<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They were \u201cworried\u201d about archie\u2019s skin tone and this is what he looks. I can\u2019t actually can\u2019t lmao <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OprahMeghanHarry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OprahMeghanHarry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GCqYBHvDao\">pic.twitter.com\/GCqYBHvDao<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lady Pussybury (@rich_white_lady) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rich_white_lady\/status\/1368759660992401410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"aCOpRe\">&#8216;<em>If you are silent about your pain, they&#8217;ll kill you and say you enjoyed it<\/em>.&#8217; \u2014 <em>Zora Neale Hurston<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although opinions in regards to the interview deferred from person to person, the support for the couple came in strong numbers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Participating in this Oprah interview was a courageous move on Harry and Meghan\u2019s part, and I\u2019m glad they did it. It\u2019s about time they shared their side of the story, and it\u2019s important for people to hear about the racism that exists in the UK at all levels&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OprahMeghanHarry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OprahMeghanHarry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TONI TONE (@t0nit0ne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/t0nit0ne\/status\/1368759592285593605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>It was also revealed that Harry&#8217;s inheritance from Princess Diana is what aided him and his wife in stepping out of the representative institution<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMy family cut me off financially and I had to pay for security for us. But, I have what my mum left me. I think she saw this coming\u201d &#8211; Prince Harry <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OprahMeghanHarry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OprahMeghanHarry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cb02MGMKWm\">pic.twitter.com\/cb02MGMKWm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FEED THE POOR (@Goku1696) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Goku1696\/status\/1368759957743693825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The internet is divided over the Oprah interview. Some call this war. Others find the interview liberating. We are yet to hear a response from the royal family.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Violence! Non of this was violence! They issued no threat to the monarchy! Concept is everything! Violence was not that! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OprahMeghanHarry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OprahMeghanHarry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donna Herold (@Donnajcherold) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Donnajcherold\/status\/1368761819330920455?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Listen To The Lovin Daily: Women Drivers In The UAE Are Statistically Better Than Men<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Lovin Daily: Women Drivers In The UAE Are Statistically Better Than Men <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m6vluj9pin\">https:\/\/t.co\/m6vluj9pin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lovin Dubai | \u0644\u0648\u06a4\u0646 \u062f\u0628\u064a (@lovindubai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lovindubai\/status\/1368781042581049346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>ALSO READ: Dubai Police Rescued 11 Children From Locked Cars Since The Beginning of 2021<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The tell-all Oprah interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is the talk of the town right now. 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