Matt James & Rachel Kirkconnell from The Bachelor

This whole scenario is so seems like it right out of season 2 of Unreal where producers had a black bachelor and they encouraged their southern belle contestant to wear her confederate flag bikini at the first meet. Nothing drums up ratings more than a good controversy and black man potentially picking a white woman who may have racial issues would be quite the scandal. I also refuse to believe that ABC/Disney did not vet these women for any kind of issues especially racial issues, the production company knew this could come out and probably were hoping it would.
 
On Thursday, ‘Bachelor’ contestant Rachael Kirkconnell took to Instagram to ask fans to stop defending her amid her current controversy. The reality star came under fire for past racist actions, which included attending a plantation party when she was in college in 2018. Following the scandal, ‘Bachelor’ host Chris Harrison came to her defense during an interview with former ‘Bachelorette,’ Rachel Lindsay. Harrison later apologized and announced that he is stepping away from the show for a period of time, and will not appear on the upcoming ‘After the Final Rose’ special with current ‘Bachelor’ Matt James and the winning contestant.
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Rachael Kirkconnell is speaking out two weeks after issuing an apology for her past racist behavior.

Speaking in a video shared on Instagram Thursday, Kirkconnell said that moving forward, she will dedicate her platform to sharing anti-racism resources. She also condemned people who have questioned the backlash she has received since previous posts of hers resurfaced online, including photos of her dressed in Native American attire as costume and attending an antebellum plantation-themed ball.
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Rachel Lindsay Deletes Instagram Account


Cancel culture advocate Rachel Lindsay, the first woman of color lead on "The Bachelorette," deleted her Instagram account after receiving "hate from 'Bachelor' fans," according to her podcast co-host Van Lathan.

"My co-host on 'Higher Learning,' Rachel Lindsay, disabled her Instagram," Lathan said in an Instagram video. "She did it because that's how much hate she is getting from Bachelor fans who are spamming her with all kinds of rude, hateful things to say."

"Rachel is not responsible for Chris Harrison, a 49-year-old man who can't read the room in these present 2021 times," Lathan continued. "You're going after the wrong person."


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Rachel Lindsay Deletes Instagram Account


Cancel culture advocate Rachel Lindsay, the first woman of color lead on "The Bachelorette," deleted her Instagram account after receiving "hate from 'Bachelor' fans," according to her podcast co-host Van Lathan.

"My co-host on 'Higher Learning,' Rachel Lindsay, disabled her Instagram," Lathan said in an Instagram video. "She did it because that's how much hate she is getting from Bachelor fans who are spamming her with all kinds of rude, hateful things to say."

"Rachel is not responsible for Chris Harrison, a 49-year-old man who can't read the room in these present 2021 times," Lathan continued. "You're going after the wrong person."


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She's good she got a few shows out of being on the show. Unfortunately for the black dude he's gonna be called all kinds of names and looked down on for not marrying black while his black female counterpart is praised. The media is no friend of the black man unless we can thoroughly entertain them otherwise they all love to hate us
 
darkcurry said:
I stopped watching. Never was a fan to begin with but gave it a shot with the first black bachelor and once it became clear of their motives racially I was out. That scandal is manufactured instigated.
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I was out after the very first episode when Matt sent home Sayneh (most eye catching contestant on the show) but kept the pageant queen and the vibrator girl. I lol lost all interest but I'm glad to see he kept Bree here at the end . . . he still suspect though for kicking Sayneh out the house on night #1 lol :)
 
Host of ‘The Bachelor,’ Chris Harrison, recently was canceled by the left for defending a contestant on the show who attended an antebellum-themed party three years ago. Harrison said people should hear her side of the story before they judge…just OUTRAGEOUS, right?! But then Harrison did a 180 when his job was put on hold — he even hired a ‘race educator.’ Glenn and Stu analyze his apology and make an interesting comparison…
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They really got Chris Harrison to hire Dr. Eric Dyson as his Anti-racist coach.
 
First black bachelor and of course they make a point to highlight his father being a deadbeat. A whole sit down convo with him telling his father how hurt he was by him not being there. And, because Matt is the kind of brotha’ the woke folk tend to hold up as an example of what a black man should be, the whole segment ended with Matt in tears.

I’m not faulting The Bachelor for setting this up anymore than I’d fault a wolf from eating raw chicken left out on a picnic table in the woods. I fault Matt for not being more aware of the stereotype he’s helping to sustain. That was not the kind of conversation the first black bachelor should be having, for the first time, in front of millions, on live television. He should understand he’s got more cultural responsibility to carry on his shoulders than his predecessors.
 
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I decided keep watching the current season of "The Bachelor because I like YouTuber Donovan Sharpe's discussions of the show. Anyway what did y'all think about this?:




On Monday’s episode of ‘The Bachelor,’ Matt James broke down in tears during a conversation with
his father, Manny. Matt opened up about Manny’s absence during his childhood and how it has
affected him in his adult relationships. And while the two seemingly found healing on the show,
former ‘Bachelorette’ Rachel Lindsay slammed the franchise for airing the father-son conversation
during an appearance on the ‘Bachelor Party’ podcast.
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In an emotional night, James sat down to confront his past and have a tough conversation with his
father before moving ahead with his future
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ColiBreh1 said:
I decided keep watching the current season of "The Bachelor because I like YouTuber Donovan Sharpe's discussions of the show. Anyway what did y'all think about this?:







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Whoa! I didn't expect her to notice that stereotype about black men and absentee fathers. I give her props for calling that out and ET for airing her comments on that because that is one of those stereotypes that the media love to sweep under the rug because THEY are usually the ones parading it around.
 
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First black bachelor and of course they make a point to highlight his father being a deadbeat. A whole sit down convo with him telling his father how hurt he was by him not being there. And, because Matt is the kind of brotha’ the woke folk tend to hold up as an example of what a black man should be, the whole segment ended with Matt in tears.

I’m not faulting The Bachelor for setting this up anymore than I’d fault a wolf from eating raw chicken left out on a picnic table in the woods. I fault Matt for not being more aware of the stereotype he’s helping to sustain. That was not the kind of conversation the first black bachelor should be having, for the first time, in front of millions, on live television. He should understand he’s got more cultural responsibility to carry on his shoulders than his predecessors.
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ColiBreh1 said:
I decided keep watching the current season of "The Bachelor because I like YouTuber Donovan Sharpe's discussions of the show. Anyway what did y'all think about this?:







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Man I missed your posted when I posted the video clips. But yeah I was cringing watching that scene of Matt putting his personal family business on blast on a nationally televised fake reality TV show. I'm hoping that scene was staged reenactment instead of Matt being exploited with a frfr scene.
 
Question for the fellas. Would you drop a white woman you loved because she did the same things Rachel did a few years before you met? Even after she sincerely apologizes and works to learn and be better?

I wouldn’t. But, maybe I’m being too Pollyanna-ish. So, I thought I’d run it by the official “brothas who date white women and call out that bullshit when they see it” board of trustees.
 
samson1701 said:
Question for the fellas. Would you drop a white woman you loved because she did the same things Rachel did a few years before you met? Even after she sincerely apologizes and works to learn and be better?

I wouldn’t. But, maybe I’m being too Pollyanna-ish. So, I thought I’d run it by the official “brothas who date white women and call out that bullshit when they see it” board of trustees.
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I haven't watched the finale yet, but I made the the mistake of browsing my Twitter feed while the "After the Finale Rose" special was airing & the drama was spoiled for me. Based on what I saw on my Twitter feed & reading this Mediaite article: https://www.mediaite.com/entertainm...in-after-the-final-rose-the-bachelor-special/...

I'm gonna say no. I haven't seen anything that I could label her definitively as racist.





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OK, in the Mediaite article there's a link to a Tiktok post of some chick named Maddy that went to High School with Rachel. Maddy claims that Rachel & her friends bullied her because she was into brothas.

Here's the original Tiktok post that went viral: https://www.tiktok.com/@maddyybierster/video/6914097399317204229

Here's Maddy's Tiktok page with followup videos: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeBxy392/

Yikes! Maybe Rachel has matured & changed since she was in school, but I can see why Matt bushed her if he saw those TikToks, seeing that this is a nationally televised reality TV show.
 
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