
Asking what color a person thinks his or her mixed-race-parented baby might be is not racist.
What, you ask? Even Ben Shapiro thinks that’s racist!
Well, Ben’s as fallible as anyone.
Sure, speculation on skin color may be about a racial marker. But one marker does not an ism make. Switch markers. Is it racist to speculate if your baby will be a redhead? No, it is not.
Such speculations may be engaged in by racists, but they are not necessarily racist. They may be indelicate. Sure. But who should care about such speculations? Many or most are innocent. To get worked up over it all?
That may be racist.
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My second girl-friend and, later, the woman who most recently captured my heart were women of non-European ancestry. In the latter case, I thought that it would be especially nice if we had a daughter with the same beautiful skin color; her mother was Filipina and her father African-American.
I think this goes way beyond a question of whether anyone really questioned the color of the baby. Seems like Markle hated being part of royalty and wanted out. Dianna was not so brash about wanting out and it seems she was not hurt by it. Even Harry seems like he was talked into abandoning his duties by Markle. Sort of making him choose between Markle or royalty. Oprah is nothing more then a media hound trying to makes points getting these exclusives. If she was really wanted to get the full story she would have allowed at least the royal family to respond. It’s not a fair interview when you don’t get the other sides story. Do we even care about any of this? I thought we left the whole monarchy for the US because we hated what it stood for. Nothing against Markle or Harry, but you wanted out so let it go. Playing the sympathy card really doesn’t make you look good. Nor is the race card, when you consider what the whole monarchy is all about. Maybe Megan should have read up on it before marrying into it??
Also, let us not forget: Harry’s bride looks as white as any California caucasian.