Americans have weighed in on Meghan Markle’s explosive revelation regarding comments about her unborn child’s skin tone in a bombshell new poll.
The Duchess of Sussex accused an unnamed royal of expressing “concerns and conversations” about the potential darkness of the child’s skin during a March 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The controversy resurfaced in November and December 2023 with the release of Endgame by Omid Scobie, which, in its Dutch edition, identified the royal in question.
Meghan had previously refrained from disclosing the royal’s identity, citing potential damage. However, Prince Harry’s January 2023 statement on ITV seemed to diverge from Meghan’s narrative, asserting that she had not accused his family of racism.
Harry’s comments were widely interpreted as a backtrack and appeared to diminish the gravity of Meghan’s original accusation. While Meghan emphasized the potential damage of revealing the royal’s identity, Harry maintained a distinction between racism and unconscious bias.
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Newsweek commissioned a poll from Redfield & Wilton, surveying 1,500 Americans to gauge public sentiment on the acceptability of speculating about the skin color of a mixed-race child before birth.
According to the poll results, 51 percent of respondents deemed such speculation unacceptable, while 28 percent found it acceptable, and 21 percent were uncertain.
The generational breakdown revealed that baby boomers, King Charles’ generation, were the most likely to condemn such remarks, with 59 percent disapproving, compared to 20 percent who found them acceptable.
Surprisingly, respondents in the 27 to 42 age group were almost evenly split, with 39 percent endorsing speculation and 42 per cent condemning it.
Notably, baby boomers were the only age group that did not advocate for revealing the identity of the royal involved, with 19 percent supporting identification and 35 percent opposing.
In contrast, 42 per cent favored naming the individual, with 22 percent opposed, while 60 percent of millennials wanted the names revealed.
Approximately two-thirds of Americans had some knowledge of Meghan’s allegations, with 22 percent claiming to be very familiar. In contrast, 37 percent of respondents claimed to be not at all familiar with the controversy.
