Former 'The Bachelor' Producer Says Women Who Wore Braids or Afros Wouldn't Be Cast On The Show

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A former producer for The Bachelor is speaking out about the types of women the show wouldn’t cast. In an open letter to ABC, Jazzy Collins revealed that the show wasn’t working towards diversity at all.

In the letter, Jazzy says that the series wouldn’t look at casting men or women of color beyond “the token Black person, Asian person or Latinx person to satisfy what you believe to be the needs of the viewers.” She went on, also claiming that women who wore their hair in “afros, braids, locs, etc; weren’t even given a chance because of the white standards of beauty.” After joining the show for Rachel Lindsay‘s season of The Bachelorette, Jazzy adds that she didn’t really see any significant change after that. “My hope was that having a