Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "Racism controversy overshadows Will and Kate's US visit" video.

This woman should not have changed her name, to something that sounds African, and affected African attire, if she did not want to be mistaken for African. If you set out to deceive, you shouldn't get all huffy, when your deception succeeds.
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People do that, if you look or sound different. My guy is Israeli, and people asked him all the time where he was from, and he'd say "Oregon", because that's where we lived. They'd persist, "But before that?" and he'd tell them "Maryland". "No, before that?" "California". Then frustrated, they'd ask him where he was born, and only then would he say "Yerushalyim". He thought it funny. To be upset, when a woman in her 90s, keeps asking where you're from, is overly sensitive. England has changed a lot, since her youth. Why not put it down to old age, rather than racism?
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Plus, she changed her name from Marlene Headley, to something that sounds more African. If she had kept her original name, and worn clothing more in line with her London birthplace, the question would not have been asked.
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Agreed. And if she had not changed her name from its original, Marlene Headley, and affected African style clothing, she probably would not have been asked the question. She wants to seem exotic, so should not be upset when she is perceived as such.
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@blackqueen164 No, they would have known she was a fraud, pretending to be from Africa. Don't be angry that an old Brit, was taken in by Marlene Headley's subterfuge.
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Imagine changing your name from Marlene Headley, to one that sounds more African, affecting African dress, than being angry when an old woman thinks you're from Africa.
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