We can all pull up press reports pet. Here’s another one from the Guardian- not a single reference to Meghan being biracial in the whole piece.
The fact you’ve had to resort to Refinery and CBC to find other headlines suggests that it wasn’t instantly commonplace. I don’t know anyone who would get their news from those types of sites.
While many newspapers may have run bios, it seems to have escaped your notice that not everyone went furrowing around for Meghan’s background. The BBC certainly didn’t lead with a headline saying “Harry’s new girlfriend is half black, did you know?”
For many of us, our interest went as far as “ah Harry’s got a serious girlfriend, they look happy together, how lovely.” There were much more compelling things going on in the world.
I’m not really interested in celebrity news. I’ve only started to take an interest in the royals since it’s been thrust in our face and been so controversial. I know lots of people like that. They read the news for actual news, and don’t visit puff sites like Refinery.
I’m not suggesting that the information wasn’t put out there to find if you were interested but lots of people just assumed she was maybe part Latino, had Mediterranean heritage, or was just olive skinned etc etc. Meghan is very light-skinned hence why so much has been written since about colourism.
If I get a light tan, I’m typically mistaken for being Asian. I’m Caucasian but my skin tone and overall colouring isn’t much different to Meghan. I’m much darker than her when I have a tan. I have an (English) friend who is part Native American on his mum’s side. His complexion and hair colour etc is almost identical to Meghan.
The point being it wasn’t immediately obvious from looking at her that she’s biracial.
Of course the information about Meghan being biracial did start to filter out and it became widely known. Of course it did.
But myself and PP on here have said that we didn’t realise initially and that’s the same for many people. Also, it’s not really that interesting. I don’t really care about Meghan’s background any more than I care about Catherine’s family. We all watched William and Harry endure an unspeakable loss when they were just children and it was just nice to see them both with partners who made them happy.
But let’s assume you’re right and lots of people could magically tell right away. Apart from a very small minority, everyone seemed delighted about Meghan and Harry. If the country was as racist as claimed, there wouldn’t have been such an outpouring of love for the couple.
My whole point is that as soon as anyone criticises Meghan, without exception someone will come along and claim it’s due to racism. Despite the fact that Meghan was loved up to the wedding and beyond. Despite the fact that Meghan has criticised the royal family/UK. Despite the fact that Meghan has behaved in very controversial ways/gone against traditions. You don’t think for a single second that perhaps, just perhaps, the change in public perception is actually nothing to do with her ethnicity, and more to do with her behaviour? Pointing a finger and claiming mass racism is intellectually lazy. By all means support Meghan and debate why other interpretations of her behaviour are unfair. But to have no argument than to bleat “racism” suggests that the lies and bad behaviour coming from Meghan are actually indefensible.