Meghan Markle Speaks Up in Support of Protests During Graduation Speech
Meghan Markle’s powerful graduation speech is one every American needs to hear.
“For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been planning on saying a few words to you for your graduation and as we all have seen over the past few weeks, what is happening in our country and in our state and in our hometown of L.A. has been absolutely devastating,” Markle began. “And I wasn’t sure what I could say to you. I wanted to say the right thing. And I was really nervous that I wouldn’t, or that it would get picked apart, and I realized—the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing.
Markle then spoke about her own childhood experiences during the L.A. riots that erupted following the police beating of Rodney King. “I remember the curfew and I remember rushing back home and on that drive home, seeing ash fall from the sky and smelling the smoke and seeing the smoke billow out of buildings,” Markle said. “I remember seeing men in the back of a van just holding guns and rifles.
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