After months of controversy over racism allegations against longtime host Chris Harrison, which led to Harrison’s departure from the ABC franchise, the first Black Bachelorette has penned an op-ed in New York magazine. Rachel Lindsay called the piece “an opportunity to tell my story and share my experience with the Bachelor franchise.”
“The franchise has spent 19 years cultivating a toxic audience,” wrote Lindsay. “They have constantly given it a product it wants: a midwestern/southern white, blonde, light-eyed Christian. Not all viewers are like that. My Higher Learning [podcast] co-host and I have divided it – there is a Bachelor Nation, and there is a Bachelor Klan.”
She said that bachelor Klan subset is “hateful, racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, and homophobic…They are afraid of change. They are afraid to be uncomfortable. They are afraid when they get called out.”
She writes that that racism became painfully apparent during the controversy that led to Harrison’s departure.
“The franchise has spent 19 years cultivating a toxic audience,” wrote Lindsay. “They have constantly given it a product it wants: a midwestern/southern white, blonde, light-eyed Christian. Not all viewers are like that. My Higher Learning [podcast] co-host and I have divided it – there is a Bachelor Nation, and there is a Bachelor Klan.”
She said that bachelor Klan subset is “hateful, racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, and homophobic…They are afraid of change. They are afraid to be uncomfortable. They are afraid when they get called out.”
She writes that that racism became painfully apparent during the controversy that led to Harrison’s departure.
- 6/21/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Daniel Kaluuya fully supports the decision not to recast T’Challa in the “Black Panther” franchise after the death of Chadwick Boseman, because he believes Boseman’s legacy outweighs that of the character he played.
During his appearance on The Ringer’s “Higher Learning” podcast with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsey, Kaluuya said he believed Marvel’s decision was one of respect.
“I respect that position and think that’s out of respect to what that man gave all of us and what he stayed on Earth to allow us to experience,” Kaluuya said. “And quietly suffering and continuing to give through that suffering is a side of humanity that just don’t see often.”
Daniel Kaluuya said he felt it was more important to honor Boseman than T’Challa, adding, “So for me, the importance is not the Black Panther legacy, the importance is the legacy of Chadwick Boseman,...
During his appearance on The Ringer’s “Higher Learning” podcast with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsey, Kaluuya said he believed Marvel’s decision was one of respect.
“I respect that position and think that’s out of respect to what that man gave all of us and what he stayed on Earth to allow us to experience,” Kaluuya said. “And quietly suffering and continuing to give through that suffering is a side of humanity that just don’t see often.”
Daniel Kaluuya said he felt it was more important to honor Boseman than T’Challa, adding, “So for me, the importance is not the Black Panther legacy, the importance is the legacy of Chadwick Boseman,...
- 2/12/2021
- by Daniel Goldblatt
- The Wrap
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