Clearing the air. Prince Harry addressed past claims that a royal family member voiced “concerns” about son Archie’s skin color — and admitted he didn’t consider the comments to be “racist.”“So again, going back to the difference between what my understanding is because of my own experience, the difference between racism and unconscious bias, the two things are different,” the Duke of Sussex, 38, explained during his ITV sit-down on Sunday, January 8. “But once it’s been acknowledged, or pointed out to you as an individual, or as an institution, that you have unconscious bias, you therefore have an opportunity to learn and grow from that in order so that you are part of the solution rather than part of the problem.”Harry noted that he didn’t plan to out the person who allegedly posed the question to him and wife Meghan Markle, adding, “And I will never talk.
I mean what happened to Ngozi Fulani is a very good example of the environment within the institution, and why after our [March 2021 tell-all] interview, they said that they were gonna bring in a diversity tsar.
That hasn’t happened.”The BetterUp CIO’s comments come nearly two months after his godmother, Lady Susan Hussey, resigned from her royal post amid allegations of racism against domestic abuse activist Ngozi Fulani.Harry concluded: “Everything they said was gonna happen hasn’t happened.
I’ve always been open to wanting to help them understand their part in it, and especially when you are the monarchy, you have a responsibility and quite rightly people hold you to a higher standard than others.”The couple, who share 3-year-old Archie and 19-month-old Lili, made headlines in 2020 when they announced their plans to step away from their roles in the royal family.
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