'George Floyd's life mattered, and Breonna Taylor's life mattered, and Philando Castile's life mattered, and Tamir Rice's life mattered, and so did so many other people whose names we know and whose n
Meghan Markle, aka the Duchess of Sussex, virtually delivered a graduation speech to her old school, Immaculate Heart High School and Middle School in Los Angeles, that addressed the current protests against racism and police brutality in the United States and her own history as a biracial woman growing up in California.
"Because George Floyd's life mattered, and Breonna Taylor's life mattered, and Philando Castile's life mattered, and Tamir Rice's life mattered, and so did so many other people whose names we know and whose names we don't know. Stephon Clark. His life mattered." "I was 11 or 12 years old when I was just about to start IHMS in the fall and it was the LA riots, which were also triggered by a senseless act of racism," she said.
Meghan told the graduates that she knew they would channel what they had learned at Heart High School and be leaders in these uncertain times.
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