The Globe and Mail Courtney Shea Published March 15, 2021 Craig Sjodin/Getty Images Last week on a very special episode of The Bachelor, this season’s Romeo-in-Chief Matt James had a conversation with his father, who was absent for a good deal of his upbringing. James felt that the fractured paternal relationship was standing in the way of his own romantic fulfillment. And so, the two men had it out in front of a few million of their closest friends. Was it good TV? Sure. Was it also an irresponsible perpetuation of stereotypes around Black men and fatherhood? If this second question falls outside of the series’ usual scope, it is typical of a season that started as one man’s journey to find love but is now our collective journey to address systemic inequality.