Hundreds of tweets containing sexist and racist abuse aimed at Meghan Markle were posted following the announcement that she and Prince Harry were quitting royal duties. A study for HuffPost UK carried out by digital journalism analysts at the University of Sunderland captured the offensive posts mentioning the Duchess of Sussex. Some 400 tweets were captured in the the most severe category of abuse, containing sexist and racist insults. Phrases included “self-loathing race traitor”, “trailer trash”, “meghan the queen, of monkey island”, “the woke Meghan bint” and “poisonous cow”. “The vast amount of abuse captured in these findings is startling.

Source: Huffington Post January 15, 2020 18:00 UTC