Britain is going to have a black princess!
Monday’s announcement that Prince Harry is engaged to American actress Meghan Markle, whose mother is black and whose father is white, sent a wave of euphoria through social media. Black women — including me; check my Twitter feed — were particularly thrilled. (Okay, so technically, it’s not yet known if Markle will be properly known as a duchess, rather than a princess, but just let us live out our Disney dreams for once, all right?) Of course, there are royal families and princesses in Africa, so Markle will not be the only black royal in the world. But now, the British monarchy, the institution that embodies white privilege more powerfully than just about any other, will now include a mixed-race woman. In a world that paints women of color as romantically undesirable, Markle’s marriage to a British prince of the House of Windsor feels like a win for us all.
But is it?
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