Sarah Gaither on the explicit connections to Black and African Communities in Harry and Meghan’s wedding

Faculty Affiliate Sarah Gaither wrote in an email on Meghan and Harry’s experience with racism in the British tabloids to the PBS NewsHour as Prince Harry and Meghan, the duke and duchess of Sussex, will reportedly step back from royal duties. “Her wedding — with its explicit connections to the black and African American communities — is something the world will never forget, since those examples of black culture are rarely highlighted within positions of power,” Sarah Gaither, a Duke University psychologist, wrote in an email to the PBS NewsHour. Gaither, who specializes in biracial and social identities, added that Meghan “is living proof that a real princess doesn’t have to be white.”

 

She adds that this behavior is a common experience for biracial and black individuals and is not unlike what happened when Barack Obama was elected president.