Meghan Markle took a genetic and genealogical test two years ago, with this result. Some see in this revelation, made on her podcast, a new communication strategy for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Meghan Markle announces to the world that she has 43% Nigerian blood. She chooses to make the confession on one of her Spotify podcasts, 'Archetypes', while she chats with two showbiz figures, Issa Rae and Ziwe (the star of 'Showtime's Ziwe').
Markle has stated that she took a genealogical test a couple of years ago, the result of which clarified that she was 43% Nigerian. "Then you're like my Aunt Ouzo," jokes the comic actress who often speaks on her shows about issues of race. To which the Duchess responds: "Now I want to investigate, dig deeper, because everyone I've told this to responds with 'How? Really?'"
The title of the podcast was no coincidence, "A Discussion About the 'Angry Black Woman'." A continuation of another previous podcast by Meghan Markle, where she interviewed her friend, tennis player Serena Williams.
About women and stereotypes
More. A week ago, the duchess spoke with Paris Hilton about a stereotype, that of the 'Bimbo', confessing that she also felt like an object woman when she was dedicated to acting. Speaking of cinema, and about her African origins, she has also spoken about the stereotypes that continue to surround the roles assigned to black women on television.
In the same podcast, Markle also talks about a book, "Algorithms of Oppression", which she read during the pandemic and which explains how the algorithms of our time feed stereotypes. Example: by typing some questions about black women into a search engine, certain answers are always obtained. To the question: "Why do black women...", the options offered are: "they are loud", "they are angry" or "they are mean", the royal highlighted.
A radical change of perspective
All these conversations represent a radical change compared to when, as soon as Meghan Markle entered the British royal family, Harry asked the world not to always refer to the fact that his future wife was, as stated in the bride's biography real, mixed race. A change of perspective also, perhaps, with respect to the accusations that the couple made in the famous interview with Oprah Winfrey that the British royal family could be racist.
Certainly, this time it is not the Windsors who are pointed the finger, but rather a widespread stereotype, precisely the one pointed out by Markle, that of the 'Black Angry Woman'.
This may be a clue to an attempt to begin a new trajectory in the activity of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Spotify and Netflix, with topics that will not always come into conflict with the royal family.
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, it becomes clear that attacking the Windsors goes nowhere, something that can only boomerang back to the couple. And Megxit is precisely one of the issues that the new King Charles has on the table, and not only in terms of the father-son relationship.
