L’haïtiano-américain Durek Verrett, compagnon de la princesse Martha Louise,victime de racisme.

L’haïtiano-américain Durek Verrett, compagnon de la princesse Martha Louise,victime de racisme.

La fille aînée du roi Harald V de Norvège a voulu témoigner du racisme dont son compagnon, Durek Verrett, fait l’objet au quotidien. Les réseaux sociaux s’enflamment autour de de couple que forme ce hougan et la princesse.

Depuis l’assassinat de Georges Floyd par un policier blanc,le racisme devient un sujet d’actualité dans le monde et chacun dénonce à sa façon. Martha Louise brise le silence en expliquant comment le couple qu’elle forme avec l’Américain Durek Verrett lui a ouvert les yeux sur le racisme qui persiste à l’égard des Noirs.

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Being @shamandurek ‘s girlfriend has given me a crash course in how white supremacy is at play and the way I have consciously and subconsciously thought of and acted towards black people. How I have taken my rights for granted – never looked properly at what racism really is, because it has been comfortable for me that the system is in place. I am not proud of it, but I realize I need to grow into understanding this deeply rooted system to be able to be part of the dismantling of it. I, as a white person, need to grow, educate myself and become better and move from being against racism to being anti-racist. Racism is not just the obvious (which I thought it was), of the openly discrimination, mistreating and killing of black people which is easy and obvious to take a stand against. It is in the details (which I had no idea still existed). It is in the way people shy away from Durek. How friends assume he lies about everything. That he is evil for being kind. The words muttered under their breath, making it perfectly clear to him that he does not have a natural place at the table. People at high places saying “How dare you think I would touch your hand?” when he reached out his hand to say goodnight (pre Covid-19). People thinking they aren’t racist, but don’t know anyone with a different skin color than their own, apart from the people working for them. How it is assumed that Durek is not a good person who actually loves me, but has manipulated me into loving him and keeps manipulating me in our relationship. How he will exploit me financially. The press presents him as a liar, being violent and a threat to my family and myself, sharing scrupulously his X’s story without checking facts, because it supports the belief system already in place about him. THAT IS RACISM! We have both received death threats for being together and have weekly been told that we shame our people and families for choosing each other. The reality of it all is that I love how he holds space for me as a woman, listens to my wisdom and shows up for me and my girls. I love how he shares his wisdom with the world CONTINUES IN COMMENTS 👇

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Pour Märtha Louise de Norvège, le racisme s’exprime non seulement par de la discrimination pure mais aussi par des mini détails tout sauf anodins. Parmi lesquels « la façon dont les gens évitent Durek », « les amis qui supposent qu’il ment à propos de tout », « les gens en haut placés qui lui disaient « Comment osez-vous penser que je serre votre main? » quand il tendait la main pour dire bonsoir (avant la crise de la Covid-19″. « Les gens pensent qu’ils ne sont pas racistes, mais ils ne connaissent personne avec une couleur de peau différente de la leur, à part les personnes qui travaillent pour eux », dénonce-t-elle.

Martha considère Durek comme le petit ami parfait et son père le roi Harald V dit mieux cerner le racisme depuis que ce noir fréquente sa fille.

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