Cincinnati Enquirer: More Than Just a Royal Wedding

[Empowerer]

https://cin.ci/2GCZvFm

This Was More Than a Wedding - It Was an Inspiration

Yes, I know. It was just a wedding, even if it was a royal one. And yes, many people think royalty is a useless anachronism, a waste of money and a ridiculous distraction from the real problems we face and making a big deal whenever one of them gets married seems a little ridiculous. But this was more than a just a royal wedding. It was an inspiration.

Saturday morning, we watched a mixed-race divorced American woman ride to Windsor Castle to marry her prince, with her black mother by her side. We saw her float up the aisle – all by herself – in a kick-ass dress with a three-mile train and then take the arm of the heir to the throne of England who walked with her the rest of the way to the altar and placed her hand into his son’s. And we all witnessed that son tenderly thread his fingers through hers, grin like a kid and look at her the way every human being should have someone look at them at least once in their lives.
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And then ... the beautiful too-real-to-be-a-fairytale-but-almost-too-perfect-to-be-real new royal couple emerged from the church and floated into their carriage while a black gospel choir rocked "This Little Light of Mine" and "Amen" – the tunes timed so exquisitely that the last "Amennnnnnn" trailed off exactly as the carriage pulled away.
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It matters because it reminds us that, despite the hate and the racism and bigotry and the bullying that lately drives and demeans our national politics, our diversity is good and welcomed and can change things and can make a difference ... It reminds us that we don’t have to be pulled under into the muck of division and hate because we have the power to change and to grow and to come together.

So, yes, it may be just a wedding across the pond joining two very privileged people whom we don’t even know. But those two people sent the world a message – and a very intentional one – that we should take to heart.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Not only that

It really smashed Great Britain's class system quite a bit!

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. Some things gain from a good smashing.

This may be one of those.

[hlthe2b]

2. K&R

Soooo many vapid and shallow comments about the wedding and deriding those who found some value in watching... I would hope a few who posted might see this and "reconsider" their assessments.

[Empowerer]

6. Be sure to check out the responses in the Comment section

There are quite a few doozies, but I think my favorite is “If you want to inject race, note how Meagan talks and looks and acts like a white person, just like Obama.”

And we’re supposed to be reaching out to those people to get them to vote Democratic?

[EffieBlack]

7. Wow.

[dbackjon]

11. but if they talk and act "black" then they are thugs

And get the police called on them, shot, etc.

[EffieBlack]

12. Because "white" is the norm

As my Daddy told me whenever anyone said that I didn't "sound black."

"That's impossible. You talk like you talk. You're black. So you sound black."

[Sophia4]

3. And Harry looked the very vision of a medieval knight in shining armor.

He looks so authentically British. Just my opinion.

[bdamomma]

5. Its the power of love!!

[sarge43]

8. Inclusion, diversity, love, celebration and beautiful music. What's not to like?

Love, laughter and a long life together for the remarkable couple.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Britain did herself proud

Western civilization grew and depends on British innovations. Jurisprudence. Law. Letters. Arts to a great extent. The US can only shake a stick at them on a good day. Right now we need their stability, fortitude, steadfastness.

[llmart]

10. So much can be learned from it...

if Americans open their minds. The world is moving on without us. The train is leaving the station and we can either get on board the progress train or get left behind. We are no longer the world's leader. Maybe this fall from grace is necessary because we have been pretty smug since the end of WWII. Maybe this is who we are and what we get when we take things for granted. Most of us here didn't really realize how many willfully stupid people we had in our country. We have notoriously low voter involvement in the US also.

Democrats tend to be idealists and that's a good thing, but we're fooling ourselves if we think our fellow citizens who are uninformed and uneducated are smart enough to admit it and just abstain from voting if they don't think they know enough to make a wise choice.

[Cha]

13. Yes, Meghan and Harry did

send the World a Encouraging and Inspiring Message!

There's Freaking Hope!

Mahalo, Empowerer~