She spoke out earlier this week, saying she could no longer represent the franchise if they didn’t make serious changes, including casting a black lead for The Bachelor, and fans followed suit by signing a petition to see change happen.
It’s no secret by now that A LOT of Bachelor Nation folks have come out to really take a stand against racism in the franchise.
We’ve had 40 combined seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette by this point, across 18 years, and Rachel Lindsay is the only black person to act as lead, with her season coming so far into the run as to have just been in 2017.