Meghan Markle Chimes In: 'George Floyd's Life Mattered'

“George Floyd’s life mattered and Breonna Taylor’s life mattered and Philando Castile’s life mattered,” said Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, to the graduating class of Immaculate Heart High School during a virtual commencement speech on Wednesday evening.

Meghan Markle starts the video addressing the class of 2020 as a proud alumna of the all-girls school, located in the Los Feliz enclave of Los Angeles. As a dedicated volunteer for many charities, she was thrilled to be part of the ceremony even as it shifted digitally due to COVID-19. But like many people in this country right now, her heart is heavy with the racism that has reared its ugly head again.

She opens her speech honestly, by sharing she’s been devasted by the racial decisiveness in America.

“What is happening in our country and in our state and in our hometown of LA… I wasn’t sure what I could say to you. I wanted to say the right thing. I realized the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing 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 do not know,” said Markle.

Her courage to speak up was uplifted by the memory of her time at Immaculate Heart, where she credits she found her voice. “One of my teachers, Ms. Pollia, said to me, ‘always remember to put other’s needs above your own fears.’ That has stuck with me throughout my entire life and I have thought about it more in ... (Read more)

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