Meghan Markle says black women are labelled ‘angry’ in latest Archetypes podcast
Meghan Markle has questioned why black women are sometimes labelled as ‘angry’ in her latest Archetypes podcast.
In ‘upending the angry black women myth’, the Duchess of Sussex chats to comedians Issa Rae and Ziwe to explore the stereotypes that exist about ‘women of colour’.
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And then I didn’t drink it really in the UK and think about it and then so amazing.
It’s great question, it’s a great question but like I guess because life started to come back and so people started to come when guests come or meetings or and they’re like oh would you like coffee?
But I also know that I will find myself cowering and tiptoeing into a room where and if you ever do that, the thing that I find the most embarrassing, when you’re saying a sentence with the intonation goes up, like it’s a question, man.
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And you’re like, oh my God, stop stop, like whispering and tiptoeing around it.
Just say what it is that you need.
You’re allowed to set a boundary.
You’re allowed to be clear, does not make you demanding.
It does not make you difficult makes you clear?
I think this is probably the best
‘i often find myself walking into a room, i’m particular – i think a high tide rises all ships’ – is this her hitting back at claims of her being diffiuclt to work
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‘you’re allowed to set a boundary, it does not make you difficult, it makes you clear’
meghan reveals she is 43 per cent nigerian after having her geneology done
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she discusses Judge Jackson, says she was watching Judiciary Committee in spring 2022, said they werre ‘painful and gripping’ – Meghan weighing into politics again?
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Also weighs in on slavery, says that the archetype of the ‘angry black woman’ who is ‘overly emotional’ goes back to that period
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meghan says she ‘makes a choice’ to be ‘as grounded as possible’ because of ‘things which are going to be said, no matter what
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‘i often find myself walking into a room, i’m particular – i think a high tide rises all ships’ – is this her hitting back at claims of her being diffiuclt to work
10:43
‘you’re allowed to set a boundary, it does not make you difficult, it makes you clear’
Talks backs to her acting career
‘I mean, I remember when I was auditioning, the idea of even black roles and I remember those casting sheets. Where the description of the character, she always had to have an edge or an attitude.’
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