I study biracial identity in America. Here's why Meghan Markle is a big deal.

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9. Meghan Markle is a big deal ....

because it show admission to a club that black people have been excluded from.

It is a visible and tangible very public sign of progress to black people, most of whom identify her as black.

On a larger scale, as America gets more diverse, multi-racial children are increasingly common. They are quite common around here.

What the author does not discuss that many black Americans have white ancestry, only generations earlier, and not of choice. Many biracial children can't be visibly identified as such because they fit within the framework of how black Americans already look. Those that are "light, bright, and damn near white" are more confusing, like this author says, but there is an additional problem; there are many people that are ethnically ambiguous, and none of the ambiguity started in African. There are many brown-skinned people in the world, and some from very opposite places can look a great deal like each other. A Pakastani can look like a Mexican, a Native American can look Asian. And, there are many mixed marriages among immigrant groups, too. We are in an era of blending in much of America.

My prediction is that much of the process will shake itself out in the next couple of decades. Our media should reflect how our country already looks.