Her split from Britain's royal family sent shockwaves around the world.
Since then, she's spoken up for mental health, women in the workforce, and most recently — paid leave for parents. This is the life of the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle.
Since then, she's spoken up for mental health, women in the workforce, and most recently — paid leave for parents. This is the life of the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle.
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00:00It is said that girls with dreams become women with vision.
00:10May we empower each other to carry out such vision, because it isn't enough to simply
00:19talk about equality.
00:22Women must believe in it.
00:29In a world that can seem so aggressive, confrontational, and dangerous, you should know that you have
00:41the power to change it.
00:48I don't think it's right for kids to grow up thinking these things that just might be
01:11wrong.
01:12My mom does everything.
01:13The tagline said, women all over America are fighting greasy pots and pans.
01:23Two boys from my class said, yeah, that's where women belong, in the kitchen.
01:34I remember feeling shocked, and angry, and also just feeling so hurt.
01:44It just wasn't right, and something needed to be done.
02:04What I remember most strongly is talking to a very dynamic senior who was multitasking,
02:13who understood that her voice contributes to a lot of conversations.
02:34I'm biracial.
03:03Most people can't tell what I'm mixed with, and so much of my life has felt like being
03:08a fly on the wall.
03:10And so some of the slurs that I've heard, or the really offensive jokes, or the names,
03:16it's just hit me in a really strong way.
03:18And then, you know, a couple years ago, I heard someone call my mom the N-word.
03:29I'm a California girl, born and raised, so the flip-flop culture is part of just who
03:35I am.
03:36I love my cutoffs and flip-flops, and being as relaxed as can be, which is why it's so
03:40fun to dress up and play Rachel.
03:50UN Women, as you guys know, has defined the year 2030 as the expiration date for gender
03:57inequality.
04:00And here's what's staggering.
04:01The studies show that at the current rate, the elimination of gender inequality won't
04:09be possible until 2095.
04:22Because I'm from the States, you don't grow up with the same understanding of the royal
04:27family.
04:28And so while I now understand very clearly there's a global interest there, I didn't
04:34know much about him.
04:35And so the only thing that I had asked her when she said she wanted to set us up was,
04:39I had one question.
04:40I said, well, is he nice?
04:55Blutony was centered around your ethnicity, Megan.
04:59When you realized that, what did you think?
05:01Of course it's disheartening.
05:03You know, it's a shame that that is the climate in this world to focus that much on that,
05:10or that that would be discriminatory in that sense.
05:13But I think, you know, at the end of the day, I'm really just proud of who I am and where
05:17I come from.
05:18R.O.E.A.
05:19Buckingham Palace proudly announced the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
05:27It happened a few weeks ago, earlier this month, here at our cottage.
05:33Just a standard, typical night for us.
05:35Just a cozy night.
05:36It was, what were we doing?
05:38Just roasting chicken.
05:39Roasting a chicken.
05:40Trying to roast a chicken.
05:41Trying to roast a chicken.
05:42And it was just an amazing surprise.
05:45It was so sweet and natural and very romantic.
05:50He got on one knee.
06:57After they kill off his mom, they don't want to be there anymore.
07:11We are just trying to embrace all of the quality time we get with our son right now and to
07:17not miss a single moment of his growth and development.
07:26I realized the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing.
07:34Because George Floyd's life mattered and Breonna Taylor's life mattered and Philando Castile's
07:41life mattered and Tamir Rice's life mattered.
07:56I don't know how they could expect that after all of this time, we would still just be silent
08:07if there is an active role that the firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us.
08:26I don't know how they could expect that after all of this time, we would still just be silent
08:32if there is an active role that the firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us.