:rofl: You made my day!Manslaughter, not murder, then? I'm sure the corpse would be relieved. — unenlightened
the marked difference between American racism and British racism — frank
@unenlightenedThe royals do not serve and the media do not inform
:100:The royals are racist because royalty is racist. They are brought up to look down on everyone and simultaneously claim to be living a life of service to the whole population. This is the very source of the doctrine of white superiority that justified the slave trade and the rape of the world known as the British Empire.
My take is that the media need reform, and the royals need abolition. The royals do not serve and the media do not inform. — unenlightened
What I don't understand about British culture is the fact that they have words such as francophile. Does that mean they themselves are anglocentric? And if that's true, does that mean that the world is anglocentric since English is the lingua franca? — TaySan
A plague on both their houses -- Buckingham Palace and the California shelter for still-over-privileged couples. — Bitter Crank
Marries into the Royal family then says, "It's not working for me." — fishfry
Marries into the Royal family then says, "It's not working for me."
— fishfry
I have tried really really hard to find an ounce of sympathy in my heart for poor Megan, and you know what? There just isn't any. When it comes to Megan Markle, I have a heart of stone, No empathy either. — Bitter Crank
You probably know that French was the language of world diplomacy and the official language of England for three hundred years. English was the language of the plebian classes. — Tom Storm
In this case, accusing the entire royal family is rather unusual don't you think? — TheMadFool
It's odd that even though the accusation is particularised as a single conversation with one individual, and other relationships with the family are specifically mentioned as being close, still the accusation is taken to be of "the entire royal family".
Thing about institutional racism is that it is not personal. The policy is that the reputation of the Royal family is more important than the needs or comfort of the individual. This means in this case, that family is more important than race. That makes it institutionally racist, whatever the beliefs and other practices of any or all members are. Megan becomes "selfish" for finding that her race impinges on her life even in a life of privilege.
As Harry explained, the members of the Royal family are ALL trapped by the trappings of privilege. The cage is well gilded, and it takes another conflicting loyalty to even expose this, and thus open the possibility of escape. — unenlightened
Well, where I come from, we´ve had frog eaters and black haired guys ruling us blondies for centuries...white supremacy über alles! — 180 Proof
Why on earth would they do this, — TheMadFool
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