As teenagers living in London, my twin and I, at one point lived in a house on West Heath Rd, Hampstead, one of the most expensive addresses in London, (info we did not know at the time). We had this older neighbour (White woman) who my mother had asked to please keep an eye on us. Friends with nowhere to stay and even those with somewhere to stay, spent days, weeks and sometimes months in our house, leading to spontaneous parties, hey we were teenagers home alone, but for the older neighbour…
For a while, we would always get the Metropolitan police come to knock on the door (while the parties were on) telling us that they got a call about “the noise”; this used to shock us because, if you know anything about West Heath Rd, the houses are huge and not close to each other, besides, we always had our parties in the basement of our house, which was even more insulated and you could barely hear the music at the front door, not to talk of in the neighbourhood.
One time, some young police officers were called to come and shut down our party; they knocked on the door and could not hide their shock because they, while standing at the front door, confessed that they barely heard any music. They also told us in confidence who was responsible for calling them complaining… yep, the older neighbour that was meant to keep an eye on us. It meant she was prying and was just upset to see a bunch of black teenagers having fun. Not just that, she hated the fact that we were there at all…after this visit, we got less visits from the Metropolitan police…
You see the “if we invite you in, or you happen to find your way in yourself, you must only be seen and not heard” mentality, is what has been fuelling the royals, upper class (crust) and the wealthy Brits’ superiority complex, (kind of like a trophy-we are not racist, we have black neighbours, sort of thing) the minute you start to have a voice, the wolf comes out to play…
Royals, upper class (crust) and the wealthy Brits, have played this card for centuries. The whole essence of the commonwealth was the “let us fool you into thinking you are getting something” then, when they realised that you were actually getting power through – education, knowledge, independence- they cut off your privileges- passports, opportunities et al, you should have just kept quiet. You see, this whole thing, sadly, is not limited to just black people, it is imposed on the so called white plebs and cads alike, in form of heavy taxations, laws, subliminal subtleties and whatever else, all used to fund their lifestyle. This is really why so many moved to America (early settlers), they were running away from the clasp of the royals and upper class. (The American racism is a different canopy for another discussion)
If you think about it, a group of boring, self gratifying people who cannot have fun unless they have alcohol and can brag about their exploits, have a perpetual belief that they are the best thing to ever happen and thus, it is up to them to give whomever “they” choose, a chance. Oh, as long as you say thank you and keep your mouth shut, you will be fine…think about it, all that they display and give huge worth to, were stolen; they don’t have gold, diamonds, ivory, tusks, elephants, artwork, statues etc, but they are trophies from their hunting expeditions, ‘kills’ for lack of a better word, that they have acquired, and hey, ‘kills’ are not expected to talk, they are dead…
So back to Meghan, she was cool when Harry was dating her, the picture was, the white boy got the black girl, (brag, kill, trophy) but Harry was not bragging, that was the first discomfort, she was not a kill for him nor a trophy. Then he said he would marry her, this took it too far, but again, the picture looked cool, you know like a mask, “we are not racist, we have a black member”. All this was good and oh so colourful, until she spoke!!! She exposed, challenged and made them look like a bunch of people with money but no substance and oops, a no no. Now they are discovering that the commonwealth is not so common anymore…≈ʞDL®™©2021
