Bachelor Nation—and some of its highest-profile stars—have called for the ABC series to undergo a “diversity makeover'
, who is the only black person to ever appear as a lead in the franchise and has spoken out previously about its problematic history with race.
“Although I have been vocal on many issues, I still feel that I have not been loud enough on the deep-rooted, 18-year systemic problems in this franchise,” Lindsayon her blog this week. “You never want to bite the hand that feeds you, but you also do not want to be aiding and abetting problematic behavior. I am affiliated with this franchise and to be silent on some matters is to still be complicit with these cycles of detrimental conduct.
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