Prince Harry Says He ‘Didn’t Know Unconscious Bias Existed’ Until He ‘Walked In Meghan Markle’s Shoes One Day’

PRINCE Harry says he didn’t know unconscious biases existed until he married Meghan Markle and ‘walked one day in her shoes’.

In a new interview, the real said that it was not until he was “living a day or a week in my wife’s place” that he understood the term.

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The 36-year-old Duke of Sussex spoke about racism in an interview with BLM activist Patrick Hutchinson for GQ magazine.

The prince said:

• Men struggle especially during the confinement, with many in “a really dark place”
• “They all get in trouble at some point”, but what matters is “how you learn from them”
• Many people “don’t feel like things are moving as fast as they should” and “we have to take a hard look”
• White people are still wrong when they talk about race, adding, “People are desperately trying to get it right, and even when they try to get it right, they are grossly wrong.”
• And he and Meghan reached out to Ashley Banjo after Diversity’s BLM-inspired dance routine resulted in thousands of complaints from Ofcom.

Hutchinson made headlines earlier this year when he carried a white protester over his shoulder to safety in London during a clash.

And Prince Harry admitted that his “upbringing and upbringing” did not prepare him to understand the subject of unconscious biases towards groups of people.

He said, “Once you realize it or feel a bit uncomfortable, then the responsibility is to go out and educate yourself, because ignorance is no longer an excuse.

“And the unconscious bias, from my understanding, having the upbringing and education that I had, I had no idea what it was.

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“I had no idea it existed.

“And then, sad as it is to say, it took me many, many years to realize it, especially after living a day or a week in my wife’s place.”

Unconscious bias is having prejudiced opinions about a certain group of people, such as people from an ethnic minority, without being aware of it.

Hutchinson said it is important that people “be willing to listen and have the conversation.”

“It’s an awkward conversation. And I totally understand it, especially for a white person,” he said.

“Who wants to be told that they can potentially have a little racism in them?

“[How do you] tell the white working-class person who has worked so hard all his life to get where he is that he had an advantage?

“They are not going to have that and this is where the problem lies.”

And he said that there are “white people who are fighting in impoverished areas, along with black people, who don’t have the opportunities and opportunities that others may have.”

“We need to share this a little more and be a little more fair, give other people a chance in society,” he added.

Speaking from his Los Angeles mansion, the prince said he is optimistic for the future.

“There is a lot of work to be done. But I really feel like the world is going in the right direction,” he said.

“But inevitably much of the pain has to surface before we can turn the page and start the new chapter.”

And he thanked “guardian angel” Mr. Hutchinson, who made headlines around the world when he was photographed rescuing a rival white activist during clashes in London.

“Millions, if not hundreds of millions of people, will have seen that photo of you giving the firefighter a push at the London protests,” the prince said.

During a lengthy conversation between the two men, Prince Harry said that he and Meghan had reached out to Ashley Banjo after Diversity performed a Black Lives Matter-inspired routine on Britain’s Got Talent.

Ofcom received more than 24,000 complaints after the routine. But the duke said the UK needs to “truly celebrate diversity.”

“To begin with, you speak of unconscious biases, which you and I know is very important globally,” Harry told Mr. Hutchinson.

“But yeah, it exists in the UK as well. But I think with the Ashley Banjo stuff, we, Meghan and I talked to him shortly after that whole process, all that time in his life and in the life of Diversity.” .

The king spoke poignantly of being a father to Archie, one.

“Being a parent myself, the goal of life, I guess, for me, is to try to leave the world in a better place than when you found it,” he said.

“It’s going to take each and every one of us to change things, and whoever is pushing against that really needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror.”

The royals also asked about Hutchinson’s experiences of confinement and said the situation has left many men suffering in silence.

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“For men who are isolated on their own, this can be a really dark place, unless you know the different solutions or different distractions that you can put in your life: whether it’s going for a walk or a run or just doing something that supports you. mentally and physically fit, “he said.

The royal couple have given a series of interviews on topics including race and sexism since their marriage.

In July, they declared that the British must acknowledge the Commonwealth’s “uneasy” past.

During the video chat, Prince Harry appeared to refer to the British Empire and added: “There is no turning back now.”

“When you look across the Commonwealth, there is no way we can move forward unless we acknowledge the past,” he said.

“So many people have done such an incredible job of acknowledging the past and trying to correct those mistakes, but I think we all recognize that there is still a lot to do.

“It’s not going to be easy and in some cases it’s not going to be comfortable, but you have to do it because, guess what, everyone benefits.”

Days before, he apologized for “institutional racism”, saying that it “had no place in society.”

He said: “My wife recently said that our generation and those before us have not done enough to correct the mistakes of the past. I am sorry too.

“I’m sorry we haven’t brought the world to the place where you deserve it.”