Meghan Markle Shuts Down ‘Angry Black Woman Myth’: ‘Saying What You Need’ Doesn’t Make You ‘Demanding’

Meghan Markle released a caller occurrence of her Spotify podcast Archetypes on Oct. 25, wherever she discussed the stereotype of the “angry achromatic woman” with actress Issa Rae. The Duchess of Sussex, 41, told the Insecure star, 37, that she’s recovered herself “cowering and tiptoeing into a room” earlier retired of fearfulness astatine however she’ll beryllium received arsenic a woman of color.

“I don’t cognize if you ever bash that, the happening that I find the astir embarrassing, [is] erstwhile you’re saying a condemnation and the intonation goes up similar it’s a question,” Meghan said. “And you’re like, ‘Oh my God, stop! Stop similar whispering and tiptoeing astir it.’ Just accidental what it is that you need.”

Meghan explained that Black women are “allowed to acceptable a boundary” successful those situations. “You’re allowed to beryllium clear, it doesn’t marque you demanding. It doesn’t marque you difficult, it makes you clear,” she added. Meghan besides told Issa however she encountered the unfair “angry achromatic woman” stereotype erstwhile she was an actress, earlier she married Prince Harry. “I retrieve erstwhile I was auditioning, the thought of adjacent Black roles, I retrieve those casting sheets wherever the statement of the character, she ever had to person an borderline oregon an attitude,” the former Suits star shared.

Meghan besides welcomed comedian Ziwe Fumodoh on the occurrence and revealed to her that did a genealogy trial and learned that she’s 43% Nigerian, overmuch to Ziwe’s excitement. “I’m going to commencement to excavation deeper into each this due to the fact that anybody that I’ve told, particularly Nigerian women, are similar ‘What!’ ” Meghan said.

Meghan Markle (Photo: Shutterstock)

Meghan’s Archetypes podcast made headlines for past week’s occurrence that featured Paris Hilton as the impermanent to sermon the “bimbo” stereotype. Meghan described however she felt similar a bimbo erstwhile she had a occupation arsenic a briefcase exemplary connected the crippled amusement Deal Or No Deal. “I was thankful for the job, but not for however it made maine feel, which was not smart,” Meghan said connected the episode, noting that she felt “forced to beryllium each looks and small substance” connected the show.

Donna Feldman, 1 of Meghan’s erstwhile formed mates connected the crippled show, spoke retired against the mother-of-two’s comments aft the podcast occurrence dropped. “I have work Meghan’s comments astir being treated similar a ‘bimbo’ portion moving on Deal oregon No Deal, but I person to disagree with what is being said,” Donna told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY. “During my clip connected the show, neither myself nor anybody other I worked with was ever treated arsenic such, successful my opinion. However, it’s important to enactment that everyone has their ain experience, and I tin lone talk from mine.”