Why I Refuse to Watch Matt’s Season of ‘The Bachelor’ If There’s a Racist Contestant
Paulina Jayne Isaac
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It was the announcement heard ‘round Bachelor Nation: Matt James will be the next Bachelor. The North Carolina-bred former football star is a bonafide catch, but so are 90 percent of the reality show’s former leading men. (I saved that 10 percent for the problematic Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Juan Pablo Galavis, obviously.) What sets James apart is simple—he’s Black.
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The history-making choice spurred article after article commending the franchise for finally acknowledging what we already knew: Black men are just as dateable as white men. James’ casting came three years after Rachel Lindsay, the first Black Bachelorette, graced our screens in 2017. The added racial diversity to...