One of the most disturbing portions of Markle's interview was her allegation that a member of the royal family had expressed concerns over how "dark" her child might be. Add that to the racism evident in the media's treatment of Markle from the very beginning and the issue appears to permeate both the royal family and the broader business and media apparatus around it.
"Meghan Markle coming into the family shook the family up," Gaylor said. "It caused some of the underlying and core beliefs that people may not have even been aware of to rise to the surface." As unforgivable as the treatment of Markle was, her speaking out ideally means that in future, calling out and correcting racist actions will become more of the norm in this space.
"Until we identify it, we can't change it," Gaylor said. "Now that it's been called out and named, we can make it better. We can fix it, we can address it.