{"id":7442,"date":"2018-05-20T12:17:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T10:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7442"},"modified":"2018-05-20T12:17:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T10:17:12","slug":"meghan-markles-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/7442\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle’s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t watch the Royal Wedding yesterday simply because there was rugby on, and it would take more than a grand pageant to stop me watching the Canterbury Crusaders<\/a> in top form.<\/p>\n

That said, it was impossible to avoid the coverage in one form or another – even the French guys I play bluegrass with on Saturday afternoons asked me about it – and it looked as though it went well. At least the weather was good, which is always a bonus in Britain. What I found particularly annoying is the degree to which certain commentators elevated the importance of Meghan Markle’s race. If the media hadn’t told me, and then not shut up about it for months, I would never have guessed she was the daughter of a black mother and white father:<\/p>\n

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To me, she looks as much Spanish, or Italian, or Lebanese as mixed-race American. Her mother simply looks like someone<\/a> you’d see shopping in Marks & Spencers in Croydon, so why anyone should think her race is even worth mentioning I don’t know. Actually, I do: it’s because some people think race is the be-all and end-all (e.g. David Lammy<\/a>, Katie Hopkins<\/a>), and others simply took the opportunity to virtue-signal, rubbing people’s nose in the subject of immigration:<\/p>\n

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As @Sathnam<\/a> has said, this picture does tell us something about changes in British society in postwar era – and it’s much to be welcomed. https:\/\/t.co\/LkHr6ks5ph<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Oliver Kamm (@OliverKamm) May 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n