… in the civilised West.
Trump and Johnson prove that with enough power, a man
of even the most limited ability and entirely lacking in admirable
qualities can rise above the law, above human decency and above any moral or
ethical code.
Michelle Obama and Meghan Markle prove that a woman
can never get high enough to avoid being targets of racism.
I’ve written extensively on the hideous Trump and odious Johnson and also on how the vile Trump family have shown in even sharper focus just
how admirable the Obamas were in office. But if you missed my letter re MM in The Independent
last week which partially covers the subject – here is the text
24th October 2019
Dear
Editor,
I
would describe myself as anti-royalist but as a mixed race woman living through
some of the most intolerant, jingoistic times in UK history I have sympathy for
Meghan Markle on a human level.
If
the ignorant, rich white folk sniggering at the black minister who married her
didn’t give her a clue to how things were going to go down, I don’t know what
would.
She
is the most beautiful royal we’ve had and yet is regularly slated for her
looks. She has the most poise but is slated for her demeanour. The family she
has married into makes her own look like the Waltons and yet any family dirt
the press can ignite is fanned by the greedy media inferno.
There
is one simple way to explain all this – it is an utterly toxic mix of snobbery
and racism.
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