translated from Spanish: “His life mattered”: Meghan Markle and a speech after the crime of George Floyd

Meghan Markle is one of many people who demonstrated against the murder of George Floyd. As part of the demonstrations in the United States, the actress was in charge of giving a speech to graduate students at Immaculate Heart High School, the los Feliz area high school in Los Angeles, California, where she studied. Committed to social causes, Markle became the bridesmaid of the institute, and was charged with firing graduate students despite the current context of the pandemic for the new coronavirus.

“This last week I’ve been thinking about what to tell you on graduation day, and what we see happening in our country, in our state, in our city, Los Angeles, is devastating. And I wasn’t quite sure what to tell you, I was nervous. Then I realize how wrong it is not to say anything. Because George Floyd’s life mattered, and Breonna Taylor’s life mattered, and Philando Castile’s life mattered, and Tamir Rice’s life mattered, so did so many other people whose names we know, and those whose names we don’t know,” the former protagonist of “Suits” argued who spread his words to Essence, a magazine dedicated to African-American women.

As she continued, Markle quoted the words a teacher told her when she was volunteering. “‘Remember to put the needs of others above your own fears.’ That’s something that accompanied me for the rest of my life, and I thought about that more than ever this past week,” he shared with the young people.” So the first thing I want to tell you is that I’m sorry. I am so sorry that they have to grow up in a world where these things still happen,” she said, recalling the time she was “11 or 12 years old, and it was the time of heavy riots in the city, also caused by an act of meaningless racism.” “I remember the curfew and running home, seeing ash fall from the sky, smelling and seeing the smoke coming out of the buildings, and people running. I remember seeing men in the back of a van carrying guns, rifles. I remember I came home and saw a tree, which had always been there, completely charred. And those memories are not taken away from me,” he added, referring to the April and May 1992 riots that left 59 dead and more than 2300 wounded in the city.

Demonstrations by George Floyd

“I can’t imagine that when you’re 17 or 18, you’ve got now, you’ll have to go through another version of the same experience. It’s something you should understand, but as a history lesson, not as a reality. Just like we’re seeing it now, from the Michigan sheriff to the Virginia police chief,” he said. “We see people, communities, united in solidarity. And you’re going to be part of that movement. I know this is not the graduation they thought of or the kind of celebration they imagined but I also know that they will see it not as the end of something, but as a beginning to take advantage of all the work, values and skills of which they put together over the last four years”, encouraged them, encouraging them to be part of social change in solidarity “in a more powerful way than they ever did”, he encouraged them, encouraging them to be part of social change in solidarity “in a more powerful way than they ever did”, he encouraged them, encouraging them to be part of social change in solidarity “in a more powerful way than they ever did”, he encouraged them, encouraging them to be part of social change in solidarity “in a more powerful way than they ever did”, he encouraged them, encouraging them to be part of social change in solidarity “in a more powerful way than they ever did”, he encouraged them, encouraging them to be part of social change in solidarity “in a more powerful way than they ever did”, he encouraged them, encouraging them to be part of social change in solidarity “in a more powerful way than they ever did”, he encouraged them, encouraging them to be part of social change in solidarity “in a more powerful way than they ever did”, he encouraged them, encouraging them to be part of , because many are or are about to be 18, so they’re going to vote.” Be prepared, equipped, we need you ready. I’m proud to call you fellow alumni, and eager to see what they’re going to accomplish. Know that I encourage you on this path, that I am proud of you, and I congratulate you greatly from today, the beginning of the impact that the leaders we long for will make on the world. Thank you in advance,” he closed.
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