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I have no doubt that Meghan is up to the challenge, though. Her ability to gracefully endure these tabloid attacks for years is a testament to her fortitude. The same can be said aboutone of Meghan’s closest friends, tennis legendSerena Williams. Williams has long beenthe target of raciststhroughout her decades-long pro career, andopened up in 2016about being scrutinized because “I am Black and I am confident.”
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I understood that Williams was tight-lipped not only because of her private nature and the fact that it wasn’t her business to tell, but because she understood that giving any information could subject Meghan to more criticism.
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Implicit bias, subconscious, usually negative beliefs about a group of people, casts Black mothers in an unfair light andleads to ill treatment in several areas— healthcare, social life, housing and work, among other things. This myth is not confined to the United States, though. Anti-Blackness is as global as it is local — and it is no respecter of class or socioeconomic standing.
source: people.com
