Harry and Meghan

[jefmcg]

I am prepared to accept that she made a mistake, she has apologised and said she will not wear it again.

Well, that's another straw man well and truly vanquished.

 

[petek]

Meghan's wearing an Oliver Cromwell brooch to the next gig.

 

[pplpilot]

I find the royal family and the whole idea of it odious. That brooch is the least of Miss Markle's problems. Completely blown out of proportion compared to some of the stuff the duke has come out with. But he's a good 'ol boy means no harm. Well that's ok then...

 

[Mrs M]

PM of Kent just attention seeking as Ms Markle getting all the attention lately.

 

[Ian H]

Princes Michael has gone to lunch with Harry and Meghan wearing a Blackamoor brooch.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hael-Kent-wears-racist-Blackamoor-brooch.html
I think she was just being patronizing rather than racist.

What does patronising mean, in this context?

I think it means 'racist'.

 

[Chris S]

What does patronising mean, in this context?

"I've got lots of black friends ..."
"I had a black girlfriend once ..."
"If you can get the weed I can get the Rizzlas ..."

 

[srw]

What does patronising mean, in this context?

Racist. HTH

I am prepared to accept that she made a mistake, she has apologised and said she will not wear it again.

I would only accept that if I didn't know that every member of the royal family has a staff, whose job is (at least partly) to stop them making stupid mistakes.

 

[Drago]

Problem is, for the salaries the royal family pay they only attract fully fledged brains trust members.

 

[Profpointy]

Didn't they use to give them away if you collected labels from jam jars?

I had a rather fine set of crockery jazz musicians from jam tokens all dressed like kentucky minstrels

 

[Chris S]

I am not seeing how that relates to this story.

Both are meant to show an acceptance of black people when it shouldn't be necessary.

 

[Mugshot]

I wonder if the Queen's choice of hat for the state opening of parliament was accidental? I'm pretty sure it wasn't - as someone has already said, they have staff.

I didn't see it. It wasn't one of those wooly Rastafarian ones was it, with fake dreadlocks?

 

[Yellow Fang]

Well I for one wish them the very best of British, but I won't bother watching it on telly.

 

[Drago]

It’s the sort of excuse you’d on the BNP website...

How do you know?

 

[Drago]

I understand that, if I and others see Princess Michael's action as possibly bring a racist snub, this causes others to not care about proper racism. What a pathetic excuse for not caring.

Ah, the older "agree with us or you're racist/populist/insert favourite 'ist' as desired ' routine. Glad you find it as laughable as what I does.

 

[Drago]

I'm just getting drunk while I can, before someone decrees that to be a racist act as well...