Video of Meghan Markle addressing racism resurfaces amid US protests

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Meghan Markle says she won't stand for racism in a video taken in 2012. Fans of the duchess recently shared the clip again on Twitter as protests continue in the US.

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In 2012 Meghan Markle opened up about the racism she's experienced in a campaign for herIn the video she says she hopes things will have changed by the time she has children.A video of Meghan Markle speaking up about the racism she's experienced has just resurfaced as things escalate in the US after the death of George Floyd.

"For me, I think it hits a really personal note. I'm biracial, most people can't tell what I'm mixed with, so much of my life has felt like being a fly on the wall. And so some of the slurs that I've heard, really offensive jokes, or the names, it's just hit me in a really strong way. A couple of years ago I heard someone call my mom the n-word.

The 38-year-old goes on to talk about how she's been treated differently because of the colour of her skin, before saying she really saw the"close-mindedness" after leaving her hometown of Los Angeles.

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