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Meghan Markle spoke out about personal experience of racism in emotional video

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 Meghan spoke openly in the powerful video

Meghan Markle spoke passionately about her personal experiences with racism in a powerful video before she became a member of the royal family.

She recorded the message back in 2012 as part of the #IWontStandForRacism campaign, and says she hopes the world would change before she has children.

Meghan also tells the upsetting story of when she heard her mum Doria Ragland, who is African American, being called "the n-word".

She said: “For me I think it hits a really personal note. I’m biracial, most people can’t tell what I’m mixed with and so much of my life has felt like being a fly on the wall.

“And so some of the slurs I’ve heard, the really offensive jokes or the names - it's just hit me in a really strong way.

"And then a couple of years ago I heard someone call my mum the ‘n word’. 

“So I think for me beyond being personally affected by racism, to see the landscape of what our country is like right now, certainly the world, and to want things to be better.”

 Meghan with her husband Prince Harry and mum Doria (Image: PA)

She speaks about leaving the LA bubble and coming across "a closed mindedness" when she travelled to other places.

She admits she thought some of the attitudes were a thing of the past, but quickly learnt that isn't the case.

She explains: "Your race is part of what defines you. What shifts things is if the world really treats you based on how you look.

“Certain people don’t look at me and see me as a black woman or a biracial woman. 

“They treat me differently I think than they would if they knew what I was mixed with. 

“I think that can be a struggle as much as it can be a good thing depending on the people you are dealing with.”

 Meghan wants things to be difference when Archie grows up (Image: Duke and Duchess of Sussex/Getty)

She also shares her hopes for the future, and hopes her children get to grow up in a more open-minded world.

She says: “I am really proud of my heritage on both sides, I’m really proud of where I’ve come from and where I’m coming.

“But yeah I hope by the time I have children that people are even more open-minded to how things are changing and that having a mixed world is what it’s all about.

“Certainly it makes it a lot more beautiful and a lot more interesting."

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