It has just been revealed that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been “quietly” meeting with various Black Lives Matter leaders so that they can “educate” themselves about the movement.
Daily Mail reported that in the days since the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota two weeks ago, Meghan and Harry have been having “private conversations” with people “on all levels” to ensure they are “connected to the issues of police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement.”
“Harry and Meghan have been having private conversations with community leaders and people at every level, to ensure that they understand current events,” a source told Harper’s Bazaar’s royal editor Omid Scobie.
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“This is something that is incredibly personal to Meghan, especially given everything she has experienced. And as a couple, it is, of course, very important. They are both feeling it, just like the rest of us.”
Meghan addressed Floyd’s death during a commencement speech that she gave during her commencement speech at her alma mater of Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles.
“George Floyd’s life mattered and Breonna Taylor’s life mattered and Philando Castile’s life mattered and Tamir Rice’s life mattered,” Meghan said.
“I wasn’t sure what I could say to you. I wanted to say the right thing and I was really nervous that it would get picked apart. And I realized the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing,” Meghan also said in the speech.
Later she added that the graduating students were “going to have empathy for those who don’t see the world through the same lens that you do.”
“With as diverse, vibrant and opened minded as I know the teachings at Immaculate Heart are, I know you know that black lives matter,” she said.
“I remember my teacher at the time, one of my teachers, Ms Pollia, said to me as I was leaving for a day of volunteering, always remember to put other’s needs above your own fears.’ And that has stuck with me throughout my entire life and I have thought about it more in the last week than ever before.”
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.
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