Meghan Markle gave a powerful speech to the graduating class of her alma mater recently. 'George Floyd's life mattered and Breonna Taylor's life mattered and Philando Castile's life mattered and Tamir Rice's life mattered...'
Meghan Markle gave a powerful speech to the graduating class of her alma mater recently.
The Duchess of Sussex reflected on her own experiences growing and said:"I'm so sorry that you have to grow up in a world where this is still present." In a video message shared by with graduates at Immaculate Heart High School, the Duchess of Sussex's alma mater, according toShe discussed her childhood and growing up experiencing and seeing racism.
"I remember seeing men in the back of a van just holding guns and rifles. I remember pulling up to the house and seeing the tree, that had always been there, completely charred. And those memories don't go away."
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