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Prince Harry Says His Marriage To Meghan Markle Has Made Him Aware Of “Unconscious Bias” Toward Black People As He Urges People To Join The Fight Against Racism

<p>Roommates&comma; Prince Harry is using his platform to encourage people to get involved with the fight against racial injustice&comma; and speaks about his own ignorance to issues that black people face not only in America&comma; but in the UK as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While speaking with a UK Black Lives Matter activist for <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gq-magazine&period;co&period;uk&sol;gq-heroes&sol;article&sol;prince-harry-patrick-hutchinson-anti-racism">British GQ<&sol;a>&comma; Harry admits that he did not know what unconscious racial bias was for many years&comma; and attributes some of what he has learned to his marriage to Meghan Markle&comma; as well as raising a bi-racial son&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Unconscious bias&comma; from my understanding&comma; having the upbringing and he education that I had&comma; I had no idea what it was&period; I had no idea it existed&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Harry admits&period; &&num;8220&semi;And then&comma; sad as it is to say&comma; it took me may&comma; many years to realize it&comma; especially then living a day or a week in my wife&&num;8217&semi;s shoes&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Megan spoke openly in support of the Black Lives Matter movement back in June and since then&comma; she and Harry have been working to bring awareness to fighting racism around the globe&period; Harry says that while there is no one to &&num;8220&semi;blame&&num;8221&semi; for having a bias&comma; it is your own responsibility to educate yourself and do better&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;You can&&num;8217&semi;t really point fingers&comma; especially when it comes to unconscious bias&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he says&period; &&num;8220&semi;But once you realize or you feel a little bit uncomfortable&comma; then the onus is on you to go out and educate yourself&comma; because ignorance is no longer an excuse&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He continues saying&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Now in 2020 we have protestors of every color&comma; every background&comma; every religion&comma; every age&period; This is a global movement&period; The train has left the station&period; If you&&num;8217&semi;re not on it now&comma; then get on it because there&&num;8217&semi;s s much that we can do&period; And being a dad myself&comma; the whole point in life&comma; I guess&comma; for me&comma; is to try to leave the world in abetter place than when you found it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also adds that it&&num;8217&semi;s going to take a team effort to truly turn things around&comma; but Harry believes that &&num;8220&semi;the world is actually very much heading in the right direction&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;">Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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