Meghan Markle’s BFF Jessica Mulroney (daughter-in-law of Canadian PM Brian Mulroney) is under fire after Canadian brand marketer and entrepreneur Sasha Exeter called Mulroney on her “white privilege” and threatening actions.
Exeter, who is Black, said in a nearly 12-minute video on Instagram Tuesday that Mulroney “took offence” at what Exeter described as a generic call to action she shared last week, as protests against police brutality and racism broke out across the world.
Exeter, a former athlete who runs the website SoSoSasha, said that she encouraged her peers and those with large online platforms to “use their voice for good and help combat the race war and what’s happening to the Black community.”
In response, Exeter said, Mulroney sent her “a threat in writing.”
“Unfortunately though, one very prominent Canadian figure, who used to be an acquaintance of mine, named Jessica Mulroney, took offence to a very generic call to action that I shared on my IG stories,” Exeter says in the video. “What happened next was a series of very problematic behaviour and antics that ultimately resulted in her sending me a threat in writing last Wednesday.”
Exeter said that she is “by no means calling Jess a racist,” but added that the Toronto-based stylist, who is married to former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s son, Ben, “is very well aware of her wealth, her perceived power and privilege because of the colour of her skin.”
“And that my friends gave her the momentary confidence to come for my livelihood in writing,” Exeter stated, shaking her head and calling it an example of “textbook white privilege.”
Exeter, who lives in Toronto, said that she takes issue with Mulroney for two reasons, the first being that the stylist hasn’t been using her voice to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Not only does Mulroney normally speak out about causes dear to her, Exeter pointed out that the Duchess of Sussex is “arguably one of the most famous Black women in the world.”
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