@mermaidsariel
Again and again, we have this merry go round of posters insisting that everyone is racist, that all dislike of Meghan's behaviour is racist, good for them for getting away from the racists. Danny Baker's behaviour was appalling and he was punished for it. There are unhinged people all over the internet. I am not on twitter or SM in general and I don't read forums attracting the more vociferous and unhinged.
I wish we could move away from this narrative of 'poor hard done by Harry and Meghan escaping from the racists'. The fact is they are free loading off their status which they have not earned. They are showing no respect for either family apart from Doria. They preach peace and goodwill to all mankind whilst hurting the family that gave them this platform in the first place. They show no gratitude, no accountability and no self reflection. Yet there are many who cannot see anything wrong with anything they say or do. Its' just 'poor victims of racism, glad they escaped'.
I think Meghan has been subject to racism.
I also think a claim can be made that she has been subject to imperial/empirical racism or at the least prejudice, when people on here are unwilling to even consider that there are cultural differences such as the marriage thing. It is not unusual at all for people in America, in Europe, heck even in my country of Australia - to refer to a vow ceremony (yes sans 2 witnesses) as a 'marriage' ceremony. The utter UNWILLINGNESS to even consider a cultural difference and instead leap to the assumption that it was a 'gleeful'/'smug' statement is proof of this. While antis may not be racist, by their determination to not give a quarter and to assume the worst of her instead of considering that there may be cultural differences at play (and heck, people on here refer to their partners parents as ILs even though not legally MARRIED proves that people will accept nuance when it suits them) here. People are so desperate to find fault with everything and everything she does.
As an Australian, I automatically knew what she meant when she said they were 'married' 3 days before in her eyes. Of course, it wasn't legal. But it is a phrase, a terminology. I think that colonialist prejudice is demonstrated in the prejudicial unwillingness to take what she says at face value, instead of the desperate need to find fault. Of course she was not legally married 3 days before. Duh, we all grasp that. But it is a cultural turn of phrase that was blown completely way all out of proportion.
It is the lack of recognition of nuance, the lack of cultural tolerance and allowance, that lends itself to people seeing racism. I myself, have never seen such an absolute irrational FUSS made over a bloody run-of-the-mill statement. All she said was they were 'married' (in their eyes) 3 days before. Most people in Australia would automatically 'get' what that meant. But for some reason, on here, on this site people in the UK are so dogmatically petty that they pounce on it.
In the grand scheme of things it is such a little and such a petty thing to go on about, and I, as a non-UK member of this forum, am gobsmacked at the complete unyielding dogmatic prejudice around such a petty issue. I just don't 'get' the UK over this. In Australia, you need 2 witnesses to be legally married. Just like in the UK. And in New Zealand. And in America. And in Canada. And in etc etc etc (please excuse my starting sentences with 'and'). It is a throwaway term that in most other European and other western countries would not raise an eyebrow (maybe also because America and Australia and etc etc etc have Common Law marriages? shrugs.)
I think the utter obsession over the 'married' 3 days before issue does demonstrate some empirical institutional prejudice, if not racism.
FFS. She meant they exchanged private vows 3 days before and that meant more to her than the big (which btw, they would have been obligated by the RF to hold, considering Harry's position) wedding. That to me, is understandable. I just think there are different shades of racism, and being intolerant of cultural difference is an example to that. Not everything Meghan does is some vindictive plan. The antis would have more acceptance and respect if they didn't go way out of their way to create an issue that is purely a cultural misunderstanding.