But for Ms. Hirsch and other chroniclers of racial inequality in Britain, it is problematic to frame Ms. Markle’s engagement as too seminal a moment. In response, a columnist for The Independent highlighted how Ms. Markle would find it far easier to gain citizenship through her husband, compared with the process other nonwhite immigrants face. But Ms. Brinkhurst-Cuff also expressed wariness about exaggerating the engagement’s significance, partly because mixed-race people like Ms. Markle are often already considered “acceptable,” Ms. Brinkhurst-Cuff said in an interview with the BBC. Ms. Markle, a Protestant, was not baptized as a child. It is unclear whether Ms. Markle will renounce her American citizenship.

Source: New York Times November 28, 2017 17:48 UTC