'The Bachelor's Rachael Kirkconnell Tells People to 'Please Stop' Defending Her Amid Racism Controversy

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Rachael Kirkconnell is once again addressing her racism controversy. After issuing a written apology a few weeks ago after a photo resurfaced online of her attending a plantation-themed party, the 24-year-old The Bachelor contestant shared a new video on Thursday (February 25) where she said that moving forward, she will dedicate her platform to sharing anti-racism resources. “Over the last few weeks, since I put my statement out, I’ve gotten a lot of messages,” Rachael started in a video posted on Instagram. “I’ve got a lot of people asking me, well, what have you done to change since then?

And I’ve also had a lot of people message me saying that they aren’t understanding why people are so upset. But they want to, and they’ve asked for