"Camilla remarked, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if your child had ginger Afro hair?’”

[antelopevalley]

According to this article, Harry will expose Camilla as racist in his new book. And this is supposed to be why the Royal Family have been so worried about Harry's upcoming book.

pagesix.com/2022/07/21/camilla-parker-bowles-may-be-why-harry-meghan-left-uk-book/

[darmaka]

Please stop trying to normalise racism. If this was said as a joke / mocking them it's racist and not acceptable given black people do get mocked about their curly hair.
I have seen children at my daughter's school being bulling just this year about their afros. So no it's not ok or acceptable in any way shape or form. If she did say it, I would find it especially inappropriate since those genes are from the Spencer family. Why do people find pleasure in making jokes about someone's appearance?

[antelopevalley]

@Serenster

I have red curly hair antelopevalley. If I was married to Prince William, and expecting a baby, then I would definitely have had those jokes made to me, and I would have laughed along with it, as I tend to do - I’ve heard them all before. I imagine Prince Harry has too.

Are you white?
If so any mocking is not racist.

[Serenster]

I am not trying to minimise racism though damarka - I’m just answering the question I was asked. Do I think people would be making jokes if it was Prince William’s baby? And yes, I absolutely do. If William had a baby with tightly curled red hair, then all sorts of jokes would be being made. Prince Harry has faced jokes and mockery about his red hair his whole life - his army mates called him the ginger bullet magnet, for example. There’s a peculiarly British disdain for red hair.

Which is why I don’t think it’s so easy to look at what Camilla said and immediately cry racism. I’m well aware of issues and attitudes towards black hair. And if Camilla had just said “your baby might have an afro!” we’d be having a different conversation. Because that doesn’t sound like a joke - and why is an afro inherently funny? But a ginger afro now - well, that’s a whole different thing. Hilarious! You’d look like Mick Hucknall or Chris Evans! What parent would want that? 🙄