Meghan Markle Calls Out ‘Angry Black Woman’ Trope: Being ‘Particular’ Doesn’t ‘Make You Difficult’
usmagazine.comBreaking it down. Meghan Markle addressed the stereotype of the “angry Black woman” during the latest of her “Archetypes” podcast.The Duchess of Sussex, 41, discussed the topic with guest stars Issa Rae and Ziwe, both of whom discussed the ways the stereotype had affected them in their professional lives.
The Insecure alum, 37, noted that a colleague had once described her as “particular.” Coming from that person, the word was a compliment, but the Bench author noted that it could be received negatively from others.“Even though in that moment that you’re describing where this colleague says, ‘Yeah, you’re particular,’ you can receive it that way,” the Suits alum said during the Tuesday, October 25, episode of her Spotify podcast. “But if he describes you that way to someone else, they’re like, ‘Oh, what does that mean?'”Rae added: “Yeah, like, particular how?”Though Meghan said that she describes herself as “particular,” she can still find herself “cowering and tiptoeing into a room” when she’s worried about how she’ll be perceived.“I don’t know if you do the thing that I find the most embarrassing, when you’re saying a sentence, but the intonation goes up like it’s a question,” the former actress explained. “And I was just like, ‘Oh, my God, stop, stop, whispering and tiptoeing around it.’ Just say what it is that you need.
You’re allowed to set a boundary. You’re allowed to be clear. It does not make you demanding. It does not make you difficult. [It] makes you clear.”The California native didn’t specifically mention her life in the royal family, but in previous episodes of “Archetypes,” she detailed the backlash she faced when she questioned certain decisions.
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