As Meghan Markle and Prince Harry continue to carve out their role in the racial justice space , reports surfaced over the weekend that the two have spoken with Althea Bernstein, who was the recent victim of an alleged hate crime .

Bernstein, who is biracial, filed a police report in Madison, Wisconsin, last week after she was reportedly attacked by four white men. The 18-year-old said that she was stopped at a red light when the men shouted a racial epithet, poured lighter fluid on her face and neck, and then set her on fire with a lighter, according to the police report . The incident is being treated as a hate crime.