Beyond barriers

The marriage between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle provides meaningful firsts and momentous meanings. The world has witnessed the royal event even if miles and miles away, and social status is far from theirs.

Such marriage created a history at Windsor Castle, home to the English royal family for nearly one thousand years. It was a ceremony that followed every nuance of tradition as it proved to be unconventional, compelling, inclusive and modern.

Looking at the whole as well as the magnified details, such union is a story of ethnicity, race, age, social status, faith and love. Meghan being a biracial American, a daughter of a black woman and a white man, gives her the opportunity to change perceptions and attitudes about race and identity, especially for younger generations.

A romantic story that tells us when love strikes, color has no value. Prince Harry took the advice of her mother Diana to “do what your heart tells you,” he followed this, and so has Meghan. And that simple act of love has won them the affection of millions.

The sense of honoring one’s roots, for a tender mind, in a biracial family, one would be confused as to who one should belong. It is so because choosing one would mean disregarding the other. But when one would acknowledge and respect both, and from there create a new version of oneself that is entirely different among the rest.

From a royal family, Prince Harry has reached out to others, including those whose voices may have been neglected. And in the aspect of love, among the ladies he has been acquainted to, he chose a commoner whose family maintains on the sidelight.

When two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn’t matter what you do, or who you are or where you live, there are no more boundaries or barriers for people who are destined to be together. Love is not a color and doesn’t know race. When this happens to interracial couples; it is a symbol of beauty.

The Bible was written to appeal to the heart. For example, in addition to stating the scientific truth that “God made out of one man every nation of men, to dwell upon the entire surface of the earth,” the Bible also says: “God is not partial, but in every nation the man that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.” (Acts 10:34, 35;17:26) Does that not warm your heart toward God? God will not accept as his servants those whose hearts are filled with badness, including hatred and racial prejudice. (1 John 3:15).

In the journal Nature, science tells us that humans are genetically homogeneous. Genetics can and should be an important tool in helping to both illuminate and defuse the race issue.

Diana Ross aptly describes in her song that “After what we’ve been through, it comes down to one simple truth. You need me, I need you. Cause love is all that matters.”