Prince Harry’s New Romance: Meghan Markle

By: iTopTopics Staff

Meghan Markle, an advocate against racism

Meghan Markle is of mixed race, and self-identifies as such: "My dad is Caucasian and my mom is African American. ... I have come to embrace [it, and] to say who I am, to share where I'm from, to voice my pride in being a strong, confident mixed-race woman." Her father is of Dutch and Irish descent.

My answer to a question I am so often asked..?Read this think-piece I wrote to find out https://t.co/mDjcAmGzfY @thetigofficial #bethechange pic.twitter.com/jHJsN4qmdc

— Meghan Markle (@meghanmarkle) October 24, 2016

Markle credited her parents for teaching her to be strong and be comfortable and proud of whom she is and not being defined by race. In her blog “How To Be Both”, she credited her mom: “My mother raised me to be a global citizen, with eyes open to sometimes harsh realities.” Her father once told her to draw her own box of ethnicity and not letting others define who she is by her skin color or her look.