Kerry Kennedy praises Harry and Meghan for standing up to royal racism

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Kerry Kennedy has praised Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for standing up to “structural racism” within the royal family, comparing them to her father Robert F. Kennedy.

In December, Prince Harry and his wife were recognized at the RFK Ripple of Hope Gala for “their work on racial justice, mental health and other social impact initiatives.”

Speaking to Spanish media outlet El Confidencial at the event, Kerry Kennedy described the couple as “heroic” for standing up to structural racism within the royal family.

“When my father went to South Africa in 1966, he addressed an all-white audience…he said that few people will have the courage to confront their colleagues, comrades, family and community in about the power structures that they hold,” Kennedy told the outlet in an interview recently obtained by the Daily Mail.

“That’s what Meghan Markle and Prince Harry did.

“They went to the biggest institution, the oldest in all of British history, and they said, ‘What we’re doing is wrong. You can’t have this structural racism within this institution,'” she added.

Kennedy said Harry and Meghan knew they would be ostracized for publicly questioning the Royal Family, but did it anyway because “they couldn’t live with themselves unless they questioned that authority”.

“I think they are very, very heroic in doing this.”

However, Prince Harry has now claimed that he never accused his family members of being racist towards his wife.

Speaking to ITV’s Tom Bradby ahead of the publication of his memoir ‘Spare’, Prince Harry slammed the British press for exaggerating stories about him accusing his family of racism.

Bradby referenced an interview when Harry and Meghan claimed an unnamed member of the royal family had wondered how dark Archie’s skin would be, but Harry said he didn’t view that concern as racist.

“There were – there were concerns about his skin color,” Harry told Bradby.

“I wouldn’t consider it racist, not having lived in this family. The difference between racism and unconscious bias, the two things are different.

“But once it’s been acknowledged, or made known to you as an individual or as an institution, that you have unconscious biases, then you have the opportunity to learn and grow from that so to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.

“Otherwise, then unconscious bias falls into the category of racism.”

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