She said she stood at the edge of the room but Twitter saying she was chatting it up with camilla..who she had earlier trashed as racist in defending markle
The level of nonsense is magnificent.
Black dancer brought er African dance troupe to perform at the Brits Prince Charles Theater years ago.
Is that Royal racism?
Insulted? Is it an insult to be from Africa?
Good Lord!
The charity supports african and carribean women.
Lady Susan was there TO SUPPORT YOUR CHARITY and was just curious about where you came from and your heritage.
If everything is racist, then nothing is racist.
Chip on her shoulder.
I can see how Ms Fulani felt excluded by Lady Susan Hussey’s questions, which rejected Fulani’s being British, especially since Hussey pushed way too far.
I mean, it’s kind of a bummer when you are in the land you were born and raised in and someone acts like you couldn’t possibly be just because of the color of your skin when there are plenty of others in your same position.
Imagine a woman you love who worked extremely hard to become a mwdical doctor and she meets someone who says, Oh, you’re a doctor? What kind of doctor?
A medical doctor.
A medical doctor? Not a PhD kind of doctor?
Yes, an actual medical doctor.
(Suspiciously) Where did you go to medical school?
Harvard.
What? Nah, you’re too pretty to be a doctor from Harvard.
I think it can be hard for people who are accepted as fitting in to understand the difficulty presented by a person’s apparent refusal to believe you fit in, which is for example what women went through in my own lifetime.
So I think we need to pay more attention to what others are saying to us and not always have a knee-jerk reaction.
Lady Hussey was the late Queens Lady in Waiting so this isn’t her first event. She’s also 83. The offended woman is dressed in foreign national garb. The questions were natural given her costume.
She should have asked her if she was from Wakanda.
Her family name was Headley when she was born and became Fulani at some point, and she was wearing a leopard print sequined dress, a bone necklace, snake-like dreadlocks and a headdress.
Her exotic name and appearance might well have led someone to think she was an immigrant.
Let's try a different country and ethnicity. Suppose the lady were talking with an American named Ms. McAllister.
Where do you come from?"
"We're based in New York," said Ms McAllister.
"No, what part of Ireland are you from?" the staff member is said to have asked.
"I don’t know, they didn't leave any records."
"Well you must know where you’re from, I spent time in France. Where are you from?"
"Here, the United States," said Ms McAllister.
"No but what nationality are you?"
"I am born here and am American."
"No, but where do you really come from, where do your people come from?"
"'My people', lady, what is this?"
"Oh I can see I am going to have a challenge getting you to say where you’re from. When did you first come here?"
"Lady! I am American, my parents came here in the 50's when…"
"Oh I knew we'd get there in the end, you're Irish!"
"No, lady, I am of Irish heritage... and American nationality."
Then, suppose Ms. McAllister announced she was suffering from shock and trauma because this conversation was offensive to her.
Who wouldn't think Ms. McAllister was being ridiculous?
Cowards die many times before their deaths...
I had a bad case of that, once.
Penicillin cleared it right up!
If she was, and that becomes public, God help the House of Windsor.