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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 419 - White power, Meghan Markle, and The Bachelor

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

I don't talk a lot about pop culture, but over the past few weeks I've seen something disgusting that I wanted to unpack. White people are having full on meltdowns over Black people merely existing in traditionally white spaces - from Meghan Markle being in the British royal family to the popular show "The Bachelor" having a Black man at the center of it.

In both instances, popular talk show hosts have been fired or quit and virulent racism has been exposed. I actually think these two moments say something discouraging about the true state of race and racism in the world.

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I don't talk a whole lot about pop culture on the breakdown.

0:33.7

We've had hundreds and hundreds of episodes.

0:36.0

And it's rare that I talk about a movie or a song or an artist.

0:41.1

You know, my mind in a lot of ways is hyper focused on politics.

0:44.1

But I've actually paid pretty close attention to what's happened

0:49.3

on the Bachelor, the popular television show in the United States on ABC.

0:54.7

And this week I've paid close attention to what's been happening

0:58.9

with Meghan Markle and Harry and the royal family in the UK.

1:04.6

I'm going to give my thoughts about both of them.

1:06.5

I know they may surprise some of you.

1:09.3

But I think there are a lot of lessons, painful lessons,

1:14.6

on what the reaction to Meghan Markle, what the reaction to having a black man

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