The phrase could be a metaphor for your own life.
"Women are like tea bags, they don't realize how strong they are until they're in hot water." It's the phrase Meghan Markle chose for her 1999 high school yearbook photo. It's not entirely clear who first uttered it. The popular belief is that the words correspond to Eleanor Roosevelt (Hilary Clinton also thought when she resorted to them in 2016 when she was still running for the US Presidency) although the series Mrs. America attributes the quote to Phyllis Schlafly, the conservative lawyer and anti-feminist who, among many other things, campaigned successfully against the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the late 1970s.
Controversy aside, the meaning of the phrase could well be a metaphor for the life of the Duchess of Sussex who continues to stay afloat despite the shaking of fate. Daughter of Thomas Markle and Doria Ragland, a member of a mestizo middle-class family, Meghan who has defined herself as “biracial”, managed to carve out a promising future in the world of acting while continuing to claim two of the great pillars of her life : racism and feminism. The first, the color of her skin, caused misgivings in her in-laws, the British royal family, which ended up granting her a tenuous role in the fight for gender equality and a much more blurred fight against the racism of which she has felt herself a victim. , even since her relationship with Prince Harry began.
In November 2016, Kensington issued a rare statement claiming that “Meghan Markle has been the target of a wave of abuse and harassment” and listing the misdemeanors committed against her: “a slander on the front page of a national newspaper; racial nuances in some opinion articles and outright sexism and racism by some social media trolls and comments on online articles ... "
This week, Meghan has come out in defense of the black community. "George Floyd's life mattered," began the speech addressed to students at the Immaculate Heart Institute in Los Angeles, where she studied from 11 to 18 years in reference to the murder of Floyd under the knee of police officer Derek Chauvin. "I wasn't sure what I could say to you. I wanted to say the right words and I was worried about saying something that might be a source of criticism. But I realized that the only mistake is not saying anything."
Her friends have said that listening to her has been like listening to the usual Meghan, who seems less contained, more herself than when she lived in London. Now, in Los Angeles with Harry and her son Archie as non-royals, Meghan has defended what she always believed in, alluding to that of the tea bowls, although without mentioning women because now the fight goes far beyond sex: “We are Witnessing the solidarity of the people, we are seeing how communities come together and rise up. And you are going to be part of this movement. "
Her words are reminiscent of those in that video from 2012 in which the Duchess appeared with a T-shirt that read: "I will not tolerate racism." He said that he hoped that when he had children “people will have a more open mind to how things are changing and that what it is about is to have a mixed world. That certainly makes it much more beautiful and interesting ”. Regrettable events have shown him wrong. Also, that she continues to fight for what she believes in.
