UK writer re: Meghan Markle: This is why, for a Black woman, being called a "bully" is triggering

[Solly Mack]

19. What I find to be a loss in the whole matter

is that the Duchess of Sussex could have been a bridge had she been allowed to be.

To be young and black and see a face that looks more like you than the usual white faces of the monarch.

Not to inspire dreams of one day being a princess or Duchess but to know this family that symbolizes so much in their country was a little more connected to them in ways it never was before. A small step but still a step forward.

I honestly wouldn't care if Britain's monarchy ended tomorrow but the racism does matter.

The idea that wealthy black people are supposed to somehow experience racism differently than people not so privileged is pure ignorance. That money means you can just suck it up and move on.

Racism harms regardless of wealth. It wounds deeply. Money doesn't take that sting away. It's not a buffer against the cruelty that is racism.

Obama was the most powerful person in America for 8 years and I assure people, he felt that sting. He felt it keenly. Just because it doesn't stop you doesn't mean it didn't leave a mark.

People go on in spite of it. They have to.