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Black women on 'The Bachelor' racial reckoning — and how it was a long time coming

Black women on 'The Bachelor' racial reckoning — and how it was a long time coming
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This was the worst season of 'The Bachelor' in 18 years - and it had nothing to do with Matt James

This was the worst season of 'The Bachelor' in 18 years - and it had nothing to do with Matt James
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Rachael Kirkconnell reflects on time with Bachelor Matt James

This season's winner of "The Bachelor" opened up about her experience on the show and the fallout she experienced after the cameras stopped rolling.

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What 'The Bachelor' Owes Matt James and Rachel Lindsay

Craig Sjodin/ABCAs Matt James sat down with Emmanuel Acho during The Bachelor’s “After the Final Rose” finale special, the toll this season had taken on him became immediately clear. James’ eyes alternated between vacant and teary as he described his break-up with Rachael Kirkconnell—who won this season but only after viewers surfaced her troubling past behavior, including attending an Old South-themed party. (Kirkconnell has apologized both on the air and on social media.) James sighed deeply and took numerous long pauses—especially when his conversation with Kirkconnell and Acho turned toward reconciliation. More than anything, it seemed the first Black Bachelor was still processing a lot of trauma.In many ways, “After the Final Rose” is The Bachelor in peak form. The after-show often finds embattled contestants and recent exes at their weakest—and gently grills them for every ounce of emotion its host (usually Chris Harrison) can extract. Monday’s episode was no different, but it was nonetheless excruciating to watch. Acho, filling in for Harrison after the longtime Bachelor host landed himself in hot water defending Kirkconnell, made admirable work of an undesirable job. His early questions highlighted why being the first Black Bachelor is such a responsibility, and the expectation heaped upon Black men and women to represent their entire race in every trivial social interaction. Later on, Acho proved adept at the show’s brand of friendly grilling—pressing James, Kirkconnell, and runner-up Michelle Young about all their most uncomfortable emotions. Ultimately, and perhaps most importantly, Acho proved that, yes, other people can perform Harrison’s job just fine, should his exit from the show become permanent.Still, it was hard not to notice how invested the special seemed in protecting Kirkconnell—and how uninterested it seemed in protecting the Bachelor himself.ABC first named Matt James this season’s Bachelor last summer, as Black Lives Matter protests across the country called for justice in the wake of George Floyd’s death. James told Acho that in becoming the first Black Bachelor against that national backdrop, he felt as though he had to “take on the weight of everything that was going on in the country at that timeframe regarding social justice—everything going within the franchise surrounding diversity and inclusion.”“That’s the pressure that I felt, and that’s what I started to feel like my presence represented,” he said.James’ selection as Bachelor was meant to indicate a step forward for a franchise that has historically (and repeatedly) fumbled on race. But as his season unfolded, viewers quickly noticed how little time we spent learning about James and many of his contestants; an outsized amount of time went, instead, to infighting largely between and instigated by white contestants. The show exploited James’ strained relationship with his father for drama without considering the effect that such a stereotypical portrayal of a Black man with an absentee father could have, absent any context about their specific history. And rather than address Kirkconnell’s disturbing social media history in real time, The Bachelor’s network and producers opted instead to do what they always do, when they can: Avoid commenting in the hopes of currying more interest (and better ratings) in the finale.‘The Bachelor’ Should Be Ashamed of What It’s Done to Matt JamesAfter the finale saw James ride off into the sunset (un-engaged) with Kirkconnell, the after-show focused on digging into the emotional aftermath of her racism scandal. James confirmed he and Rachael were no longer together, while Acho asked him what he’d say to those who thought his decision indicated he never loved Rachael. Acho and James both called against “canceling” Rachael, and Acho emphasized that although her past actions were racially ignorant and insensitive, that does not necessarily make her a racist. At one point, Acho asked James if he would consider reconciling with Kirkconnell—a question he’s begun to repeatedly answer by saying that she needs to do the work on her own. Throughout the conversation, Matt appeared more and more exhausted—and in the end, he declined to hug Kirkconnell goodbye.Any fan who’s honest with themselves knows that The Bachelor has always been built on some degree of exploitation; reductively speaking, it’s evolved into a psychological experiment that doubles as an influencer incubator. But this franchise has proven repeatedly that it does not understand where the boundaries are when it comes to race.As former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay put it as she reacted to James’ season on the Ringer’s “Bachelor Party” podcast, “If the Bachelor franchise has shown us anything, it’s that they don’t know how to protect people of color. They only know how to exploit them.”Lindsay rose to prominence within Bachelor Nation after appearing in Nick Viall’s Bachelor season in 2017 and, months later, becoming the first Black Bachelorette. Lindsay’s season, like James’, was meant to move the franchise forward—but just like James’, it did more to prove how much growing the franchise had left to do.Lindsay, too, had a contestant whose unfortunate social media history surfaced before the season premiered. But Lee Garrett’s racist social media posts took a backseat to the on-air controversy that quickly developed between him and Black wrestler Kenny Layne. Garrett spent the season goading multiple contestants of color and particularly enjoyed picking at Layne. Rather than illuminate to Lindsay what was going on, producers did what they normally do about contestant in-fighting—which is to say, nothing. In forcing Lindsay to navigate the conflict without all of the information about Garrett’s behavior, however, the show was putting its Black lead in a uniquely compromising position. Beyond the unfairness, it was dangerous. The outrage surrounding James’ season has surpassed any of the ire that followed Lindsay’s. Chris Harrison apologized and chose to temporarily step away after he defended Rachael Kirkconnell on Lindsay’s Extra TV show—talking over Lindsay at times in the process. Lindsay herself has said that she’s leaving the franchise once her contract ends, and racist fans temporarily bullied her off Instagram. (Bachelor producers released a statement calling their behavior “unacceptable.”) And fans and alums alike are calling for change in a way not seen since the misconduct scandal that infected Bachelor in Paradise in 2017—when production halted for two weeks and then resumed after contestants Corinne Olympios and DeMario Jackson engaged in a drunken hook-up that raised questions of consent and producers’ responsibility to intervene.It’s frustratingly easy to imagine that the conversations this season sparked could ultimately be temporary—that all of the uproar surrounding how this franchise has treated James and contestants of color could dissipate, allowing Harrison to return after Katie Thurston’s Bachelorette season without much incident in a return to business as usual. But it’s also possible, and more heartening, to imagine the future that awaits The Bachelor and its fans should this actually prove to be a source of lasting change.Speaking with The Daily Beast about the show’s path forward, several Black alums emphasized several steps the franchise could take to make itself a safer, more inclusive place for Black contestants, and all contestants of color. They also suggested a fine-tuned screening process and hiring more crew members of color at all levels of production, which would make the productions as a whole better equipped to tell complex stories and avoid pitfalls like those we&

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Matt James Opens Up About Turbulent 'Bachelor' Finale: 'It Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks'

Matt James, star of “The Bachelor,” visited “Good Morning America” for his first interview after the turbulent finale of his season of the ABC dating show, which aired Monday night. James spoke to “GMA” host Michael Strahan about the ongoing racial controversy surrounding his season of “The Bachelor,” franchise host Chris Harrison and season winner […]

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Will you accept this thorny rose? How The Bachelor is changing the way we talk about race and reconciliation

The Globe and Mail
Courtney Shea
Published March 15, 2021
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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.

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Chris Harrison will not return to 'The Bachelorette' next season

Chris Harrison will not return to 'The Bachelorette' next season
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Last summer, Disney promised change. Then the first Black 'Bachelor's' season unraveled

After pledging 'real change' amid last year's protests, ABC and owner Walt Disney Co. stayed silent as a firestorm over race consumed its reality-TV flagship.

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Chris Harrison vows to return as 'The Bachelor' host amid racism controversy

Chris Harrison, suspended host of "The Bachelor," has walked back controversial comments he made about the past actions of a contestant.

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Bachelor producers finally defend Rachel Lindsay

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Bachelor Nation continues to fumble with its racism problem, as executive producers of the ABC franchise have finally decided to speak up in defense of former
Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay. The statement, posted to Twitter on Monday evening ahead of last night’s “Women Tell All” edition of
The Bachelor, addressed the “totally unacceptable” treatment of Lindsay, “which, more often than not, has been rooted in racism.”
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Lindsay, the franchise’s first Black Bachelorette,recently left Instagram after enduring persistent racist harassment from
Bachelor fans in the wake of her interview with series host Chris Harrison, who defended current

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