By Walter L. Hilliard III –
Yeah, we know, it’s not always fun or safe being Black, especially when you could accidentally run afoul of the law and end up hurt, or even worse. However, I couldn’t imagine being anything else. I love being Black because my Higher Power made me this way, and I know HE, or SHE, doesn’t make mistakes.
Yep, one would think, especially after all these years, that most Black people would at least try to “front” and pretend to be down with their people. I mean, anything else is a form of self-hate, denying oneself. And no, you don’t have to run around yelling “Black Power,” but at least have a couple Black relationships or something?
Well, let’s get to the point:
Prince Harry has found his Mammie. Well, look at how he treats her. Look at how she has laid down and allowed herself, her family, to be walked over when it comes to their participation in the wedding. How can he really love Meghan Markle if he doesn’t love her Black aunts, uncles, and cousins? They cannot attend or be a part of the wedding, at least that’s what I’m hearing? But, obviously, Meghan doesn’t care. I suspect her lack of Black identity comes from her mother, who couldn’t even find a Black man worthy of marrying. I would marry any woman of any color if it was real, but I would never diss my own people. Meghan and her mother’s lack of a Black identity seems to be based on a pattern of behavior.
Everyone with half a brain knows that there is no way the royal family is going to have a crowd of Black people, Meghan’s Black relatives, at her wedding, their photos sent all around the world and a part of history. But I bet Prince Harry’s relatives, friends, business associates, and even his “security’s brothers, uncles, friends, and cousin on his daddy’s cook’s side of the family” has been invited.
Meghan dated only White men in Hollywood, as far as I know. She had nothing to do with Black people, Black movies, or even the color Black. Meghan thinks she’s White. She knows her mother is Black, but she calls herself biracial, which is a version of “I want to be White because my daddy’s White and I definitely don’t want to be Black.” And this is nothing new. It’s the same “Mr. Census I want to identify as ‘other’ or multiracial” mindset that’s been a part Black America’s history.
I would just like to know, what Black person is 100 percent Black? And since Black people come in all shades, including lighter than Meghan, are they White, too, now? I also noticed that in Meghan’s older pictures, pictures of her growing up, she appears much darker. I guarantee you Meghan uses light makeup before she goes on camera –and it wouldn’t surprise me if she’s been using skin-lightening creme?
Does Meghan know her Black history? I doubt it because, as I’ve already touched on, I’ve never seen her acknowledge her Blackness in any way. Has she spoken out on behalf of Colin Kaepernick, or said anything about Black men being shot by the police? Maybe she has, but I’ve never heard her say anything.
I don’t respect any self-hating Black person who shuns his or her identity to suck up to mainstream culture. The most important thing in life is to love who you are, to embrace it. When you run from who you are, you become something else.
