“I think the whole world is going to shift, and I think TheBachelor will be part of that shift.”
behind the scenes at the franchise, including hiring more producers of color. Lindsay offered her congratulations to James on Twitter on Friday, but said "it feels like a knee-jerk reaction and a result of societal pressure. This announcement, without any further commitments regarding diversity, sweepingly brushes deeper issues under the rug."
Producers have since acknowledged their"responsibility for the lack of representation of people of color on our franchise" andto address the issue moving forward. So, Bristowe is feeling optimistic. "When something affects you personally, you're going to be more outspoken on it," she said."Rachel is in the situation where she's like, 'I'm sick of talking about this, I've said this to theworld for so long. It has affected me, it affects other people.' ... It's kind of like they felt like, 'Let's do this grand gesture to put it out there right now, and just so the world knows.
"But I don't believe it's gonna be a Band-Aid. I know that's her concern, because she's probably seen it before and heard them say things, but I truly believe that this is different," Bristowe added. cast a black male lead. "Should this have been done many, many, many years ago? Absolutely, without question," Tartick said."The good news is it's being done, and I completely agree with some of the stuff that Rachel said and Kaitlyn said. Let's see the change and let's see it go past just having a black Bachelor. Let's see some great [interracial] relationships, let's see a diverse crew.
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