After 24 seasons Matt James will become the first Black “Bachelor” in franchise history. However, former “Bachelorette” Rachel Lindsay is still hoping for an acknowledgment by ABC and the producers of the show that there’s systemic racism within the reality show production that needs to be addressed.
Now, former casting producer Jazzy Collins, who was hired during Lindsay’s season, made headlines last week when she claimed the series has “whitewashed” contestants and marginalized Black staff members like herself.
She told ET Canada digital reporter Graeme O’Neil that unfortunately, her hopes for future diversity on the show may still fall on deaf ears.
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