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Reality with The King

The Bachelorette: How Rachel Lindsay Rose to the Occasion

Reality with The King

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews

4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In 2017, ABC’s highly-rated show, The Bachelorette, FINALLY had its first Black lead, Rachel Lindsay! Unfortunately, her time on the coveted franchise wasn’t as “rosy” as she anticipated. Rachel joins Carlos to talk about her perceived tokenization, black women dating outside of their race, the onslaught of racist messages she received from some Bachelor Nation fans, and advice she would give to other black women who want to appear on the show. Thoughts? Opinions? Reads? Email me at RealitywithTheKing@Stitcher.com or leave me a voicemail at 310-593-8188. Follow me! Twitter & Instagram: @TheCarlosKing_

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because nobody can understand me like a black man can understand me.

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And I still believe that that's true in a lot of ways.

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