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New audio reveals that Kerry Kennedy praised Harry and Meghan as “heroic” for standing up to “structural racism” within the Royal Family, which she now says she never accused them of.
In December, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were honored at the glitzy RFK Ripple of Hope gala in New York City. They were recognized for ‘their work on racial justice, mental health and other social impact initiatives through their Archewell Foundation.’
Kerry Kennedy, daughter of RFK and niece of JFK, gushed about the couple in interviews and on stage at the star-studded event, which Harry joked was just another “date night” for the couple.
Videos of the gala have not been released, but in a November interview with the Spanish The confidentialof which DailyMail.com obtained a recording, Kerry praised Harry and Meghan as “heroic” for how she said they had taken a stand against “structural racism” within their family.
Meghan, Harry and Kerry Kennedy at the Ripple of Hope Award Gala in December. They were honored by Kennedy for their work fighting ‘racial injustice’
comparing them to her father human rights defender, told journalist Gustavo Egusquiza: ‘When my father went to South Africa in 1966, he spoke to an all-white audience…he said that few will have the courage to confront their colleagues, their peers, their family and their community about the power structures they maintain. .
That’s what Meghan Markle and Prince Harry did.
“They went to the biggest institution, the oldest institution in all of British history, and they said, ‘What we’re doing is wrong. We can’t have this structural racism within this institution.'”
They went to the biggest institution, the oldest institution in all of British history, and they said, ‘We can’t have this structural racism’… I think they are very, very heroic to do that.
‘They knew that if they did that, the consequences would be great, that they would be ostracized, that they would lose their family, that they would lose their power structure and that people would blame them.
“They did it anyway because they felt they couldn’t live with themselves unless they questioned that authority.
“I think they are very, very heroic to do that.”
Now, those comments are left out in the cold with Harry’s correction that neither he nor Meghan called the Royal Family racist.
Instead, he says they are guilty of ‘unconscious bias’.
Kerry Kennedy did not immediately respond to inquiries Tuesday, nor did representatives for the couple who work at Archewell.
Egusquiza told DailyMail.com that it was clear from her interview with Kerry that she, like many others, was under the impression that Harry and Meghan saw the royal family as guilty of racism.
‘She was quite confident in her words about structural racism in the Institution.
“I can only assume that after Oprah’s interview and without any clear clarification from Meghan or Harry, perhaps she was led to believe, like many others, that there were structural racism issues in the British Monarchy.”
Kerry compared Harry and Meghan’s fight against “structural racism” in the British monarchy to their father RFK’s speech in South Africa in 1966, where he told young white South Africans to stand up to apartheid.
“In my opinion, the British royal family has done a phenomenal job fighting racism for decades and I wish this institution continued to succeed,” he told DailyMail.com.
In his interview with ITV’s Bradby which aired in the UK on Sunday night, Harry said he did not accuse his family of racism in his interview with Oprah Winfrey.
‘No, I did not do it. The British press said that,” she said.
Bradby was referring to how he and Meghan claimed that an anonymous member of the royal family had questioned how dark their son Archie’s skin would be.
“There was, there was concern about the color of his skin,” Harry told Bradby, but said he would “not” consider that concern racist.
Prince Harry has denied that members of the royal family were accused of racism in his and his wife’s interview with Oprah Winfrey (pictured)
I wouldn’t do it, because I didn’t live in that family. The difference between racism and unconscious bias, the two things are different.
“But once it’s recognized or pointed out to you as an individual or as an institution that you have unconscious bias, you have the opportunity to learn and grow from that to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.”
Spanish journalist Gustavo Egusquiza told DailyMail.com that Kerry Kennedy was “pretty sure” of her words.
“Otherwise, unconscious bias falls under the category of racism,” he said.
She then continued: ‘I want to say that what happened to Ngozi Fulani is a very good example of the atmosphere within the institution, and why after our Oprah interview, they said they were going to bring in a diversity czar.
‘That hasn’t happened. Everything they said was going to happen hasn’t happened.
“I’ve always been open to wanting to help them understand their role in this, and especially when you’re the monarchy: you have a responsibility, and rightfully so, people hold you to a higher standard than others.”
“To me, the difference is unconscious bias and racism, but if you get called out for unconscious bias, you have to correct it, and you have the opportunity and choice to do so.
“But if you choose not to, that quickly becomes something much more serious,” he said.