Meghan’s childhood boyfriend defends her against bullying allegations, noting black women ‘are supposed to know their place’

Meghan Markle can currently be the subject of an “investigation” by the royal family, but her days remain loyal to the Duchess, against whom the intimidation accusations made in 2018 by royal staff members were revived just before her and her husband Prince Harry’s televised meeting with Oprah.

Earlier this week, award-winning performer and professional beatboxer Joshua Silverstein, apparently also a “childhood boyfriend” of the current Duchess, sat down for an exclusive chat with We Weekly. As he shared with the outlet, he does not “see her personally” behaving in the manner alleged by former staff.

“I see her doing whatever she wants to do to be happy and coexist in a system that has probably not been very welcoming to who she is and where she is from,” said Silverstein, who added the racial dynamics inferred by Meghan herself in the widely watched interview.

“When you find women of color, especially black women, who stand up for themselves, speak up and speak out against what they feel [is] disrespect or oppression, often whiteness tends to classify it negatively because they don’t want it to happen, ”he said. “It’s almost like people are supposed to know their place and every time they don’t agree with that, people say it’s a problem.”

Box: Silverstein appears to be a real one. While we don’t know when or for how long he and Meghan dated, she has clearly maintained her respect – and her clear acknowledgment that she’s a black woman, ever since. which has too often been questioned and contested.

In more of this discussion subsequently published by We WeeklySilverstein also touched on Meghan’s high-profile relationship with father Thomas Markle, who has clearly shown less respect when speaking publicly about his daughter (in fact, quite the opposite).

As Silverstein recalls, the relationship has always been “difficult”.

“I knew his father growing up as a child,” he explained. “I didn’t see her often… but I knew Meghan’s relationship with her father was complicated and I understood that like most teenage parenting relationships.

While Silverstein did not claim to know “the specifics of what Meghan went through” in what is now a clearly troubled dynamic with her estranged father, he noted:

“Being there when Meghan’s parents got divorced then… it’s hard to raise your kids without the secondary parent,” adding, “It’s quite a challenge. I don’t think there was anything particularly surprising to discover at this time as there were a lot of people I knew [who] had a difficult relationship with their parents. But I knew about it.

Additionally, Silverstein has expressed empathy for both Meghan’s choice to distance herself from her father’s side of the family and for her and Harry’s current estrangement from the British Royal Family.

“I think at the end of the day we are all human beings and we all have to create borders with people that we maybe don’t want to create borders with,” Silverstein said, “but in the end , you’ve done what’s best for you and your family, ”

As for the media characterization of her childhood friend and growing family, Silverstein extended Grace in an undoubtedly difficult time.

“She probably has to make some tough decisions and some uncomfortable ones just to be able to smile the next day,” he said. “That’s what life is: making tough decisions so that you can live the life that allows you to thrive as the person you want to thrive with,” he added. “As long as she’s happy and he’s happy, that’s all that matters.”