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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are Receiving Kennedy Human Rights Award for calling out ‘structural racism’ within the royal household

November 25, 2022 by AFRIPOL Leave a Comment

Written by Maria Noyen  INSIDER

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are receiving a Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights award because of their “courage” to stand up to racism within the royal institution, according to Kerry Kennedy.
Kennedy, one of the former US Attorney-General’s surviving children, is the president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, a nonprofit that gives out an array of awards to individuals “for their transformative work in the pursuit of a more just and peaceful world.”
In October, the organization announced the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were among those receiving the Ripple of Hope award on December 6. Other recipients include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Bill Russel, a former professional basketball player and civil rights figurehead.
But Kennedy has now specified that Harry and Meghan’s “moral courage” is why they are among the 2022 recipients in a recent interview with Spanish publication El Confidencial.
“They went to the oldest institution in UK history and told them what they were doing wrong, that they couldn’t have structural racism within the institution; that they could not maintain a misunderstanding about mental health,” said Kennedy, who is also human rights lawyer.
“They knew that if they did this there would be consequences, that they would be ostracized, they would lose their family, their position within this structure, and that people would blame them for it,” she added. “They have done it anyway because they believed they couldn’t live with themselves if they didn’t question this authority.”
Kennedy compared the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to her father, whom she said went to South Africa during apartheid in the 1960s to speak about racial justice. “He also spoke of moral courage, saying that few would have the courage to question their colleagues, family and community about the power structure they maintained,” she said. “This is what Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have done.”

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