"And so, some of the slurs that I've heard, the really offensive jokes or the names, it just hit me in a really strong way and then, you know, a couple of

"And so, some of the slurs that I've heard, the really offensive jokes or the names, it just hit me in a really strong way and then, you know, a couple of years ago, I heard someone call my mom the ‘n-word,'" the former Suits star said. "So, I think for me, beyond being personally affected by racism, just to see the landscape of what our country is like right now—certainly the world—and to want things to be better."

"Quite honestly, your race is part of what defines you," she continued. "I think what shifts things is that the world really treats you based on how you look. Certain people don't look at me and see me as a black woman or a biracial woman. They treat me differently, I think, than they would if they knew what I was mixed with and I think that that is, I don't know, it can be a struggle as much as it can be a good thing depending on the people that you're dealing with."

According to Markle, it wasn't until she began traveling the world that she realized how skewed people's perceptions of race could be.