Meghan Markle's Struggle Highlights Why 'Racial Trauma' Can Affect Anyone | NBC News NOW

Following Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's interview with Oprah, licensed marriage and family therapist Dr. George James analyzes how Meghan's honest conversation about suicidal thoughts and shame has shown that anyone can struggle with "racial trauma" and mental health.

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[angelazayn]

Racism at any form is devastating and its effects on your mental health is devastating. People who have not experienced Depression and Suicidal thoughts do not have the right to judge those who have. Meghan was brave for speaking out I hope as a society we hear her and validate her.

[simone]

She used her voice, she didn’t insight an insurrection, she expressed her truth. She exposed many issues and people and structures in doing so which need to evolve into a better form

[harlow]

She has no meaning of the word struggle. A professional victim who wants to be the "face" of racism and oppression. #meagain!

[Mudge]

Racial trauma you've got to be kidding me everybody calling everybody racist it's lost its meaning and all these snowflakes better grow up

[holylandfan]

We are old enough that we don't need the instructions on how to push a button and subscribe or like at the end. 😂

[CASD]

The only struggle she knows is the struggle for attention.

[FiveSigma]

A ginger and a yank, what could possibly go wrong?

[kathrynshaw]

One of the serious failings of our Federal government is they have left our health care as a "benefit" linked to our our employer. Not only does our employer have to be financially stable enough to offer health insurance, but we must be healthy enough to be considered "actively" working. The very act of seeking assistance was sufficient at one time to justify the dismissal of some employees. Therapies such as mental health therapy are among those most likely to be limited by employer based insurance policies. Depending on your location, a judge or court without mental health training or experience is likely to become responsible for making decisions about what happens to the person with the mental health complaint or their children. America must move to a system that views health care as a "right" as the rest of the World now does. We have been guaranteed less and have been spending more to achieve it. All it has accomplished is to keep the middle men (insurance companies) rich and the Republicans in bribe money.

[kidavis]

I have a loved one who was suicidal.
If Meghan Markle truly felt suicidal at that point in her life.
She wouldn't have even been able to get out of the bed.
The night that she wore the blue dress, Megan sparkled.
Harry looked like he was the one that was in the pits of depression.
Yet we are to believe that was the night that she was in the depths of depression.
She claimed that she cried while the lights were dimmed between intermissions.
When you cry, your makeup becomes streaked. Her makeup was perfect when they left the the event.
She has nothing to offer the world except two cards.
Victim and race.
Tell that to people who are struggling just to survive during this world wide lockdown.
There's nothing more disgusting than people with a lot of money moaning and groaning about how terrible they are having it in life..
While most people are struggling just to put food on the table...

[jeffreyspencer]

One person in a large royal family brings up the topic of what color the skin of the baby might be or how it will be interpreted by everyone else and the nation loses it, not to mention she might be exaggerating or lying, because she definitely told a few of those, the race hustlers are on fire with that one, lmao, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[jameslewis]

She has the saddest story I have ever heard. Poor thing.

[shehzadaslam]

She is not satisfied with Harry. She needs more attention and love.

[jonathanswift]

Here's a question. Presumably Meghan is seeing a professional for treatment now? Correct? If the suicidal thoughts are real? Great. But what professional would ever let a suicidal patient go before an audience of millions to talk about what they are dealing with? And be interviewed by a non professional, in public? This does not make sense.

[LittleMissStamper]

OMFG IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HER RACE 😳 DO SOME FACT CHECKING FFS! lol

[rebeccalankford]

Omg. Prince Harry and William both have spoken about mental health before Magen come into the picture.

Hospital and councilors need to be a better job on these issues
INSTEAD OF ACCUSING YOU FOR BEING A DRUG ADDICT, ALCOHILIC OR SCHIZOPHRENIC!
(When blood testing comes back for zero traces)

THEN MAYBE PEOPLE COULD BE HEARD AND GET ....THE HELP THEY

[vercoda]

Any racism she has experienced is, of course, disgraceful and deserves to be condemned.

Parallel to that, if she’s criticized for valid points - I won’t go into the endless claims of bullying, using people, etc etc - well, That’s fine, as that’s got nothing to do with ethnicity, but character. Two things a world apart. You can absolutely castigate her until the cows come home without having an iota of racism attached, if such criticisms are about specific matters - as for her husband, as for literally every other single person on the planet.

[mikep]

"I Meghan Markle deeply apologize for forcing myself upon a people whose biology is unique and took hundreds of thousands of years to develop.My acttions were a combination of my own ignorance, selfishness, and the American culture from which I am a product of. In America, we are systematicallly taught that it is necessary to bully people of European ancestry into including other biologies for the purpose of what is the opinion of social advancement and also spite. I have grown to see the errors of my ways and I respect a unique people's wishes to develop their own biology independent of wishing to include people who evolved for hundreds of thousands of years in a completely different environment." Something that non Cau----ns will NEVER realize.

[myblueeyes]

She probably had these issues prior to her marriage to Harry. The child is beautiful. She's not the only one that has problems

[maryellarose]

If she spent half this energy trying to free people who are still slaves today, she could be a force for good.

[chrisg]

I think Meghan is so used to American living and she thought she knew what royal life would involve, but when it came down to it she couldn't handle the change in lifestyle. And she nor Harry actually said the royal family or other royals were being racist. She said things like, they had conversations about what a darker skinned child would mean. And I think that's fair given that realistically it would have implications in society given the importance and high profile. That said I am 100% against racial inequality and if evidence comes to light that was the case then I am 100% on Meghan and Harry's side, no question. And the bit about suicidal thoughts based on what people online were posting almost made me laugh because that's literally every content creator's life on places like Youtube, but you don't see them on Oprah. Not downplaying the importance of mental health issues in society though, just making a comparison.