Meghan Markle expressed solidarity with Black Lives Matter and recalled growing up during the 1992 L.A. riots in a commencement speech
in a virtual commencement address delivered to the graduating class of 2020 at her alma mater, Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles.
In her speech, Markle admitted that over the past few days she’d grappled with finding the right words to say, if any, about the recent wave of protests and the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others. But she noted: “I realized, the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing.
She continued: “The first thing I want to say to you is that I’m sorry. I’m so sorry you have to grow up in a world where this is still present.” Markle went on to share her memories of growing up in Los Angels during the riots that erupted in 1992 after four Los Angeles Police Department Officers were acquitted of beating Rodney King. She said she was 11 or 12 at the time, just about to start Immaculate Heart Middle School, and recounted a drive home just before curfew and seeing ash fall from the sky, smelling smoke, people looting stores and men in the back of a van just holding guns and rifles.
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