Presentation of Racial Discrimination: A Transitivity Analysis of Meghan Markle’s Interview at The Oprah Winfrey Show

The transitivity analysis of Meghan Markle’s interview at “The Oprah Winfrey Show” has been carried out to see how the experience racial discrimination presented in language. It is descriptive-qualitative research where Hallidayan Transitivity Model, from SFG, employed explore meanings construed utterances. SFG looks functions language and deals with experiences narrated conveyed through data reveals that utterances construe an racism as had a Black American identity. Her unborn child was mocked for his/her complexion, denied security, title, equal status Royal family. She also experienced bullying international level media leave UK. most dominant processes found are mental verbal processes. show she understood, perceived, therefore got affected by racism. clauses bullied, verbally, questioned While material behavioural her effective response towards based on racism, while relational identify it. highly objective since circumstances used thereby bringing validity detail experiences.