{"id":27400,"date":"2021-06-22T21:25:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T21:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=27400"},"modified":"2021-06-22T21:25:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T21:25:14","slug":"rachel-lindsay-the-bachelor-token","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/rachel-lindsay-the-bachelor-token\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Lindsay Opens Up On Being Tokenized By ‘The Bachelor’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rachel Lindsay’s legacy in\u00a0The Bachelor<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>franchise circumvents tradition at every turn it takes. When she first competed for Nick Viall’s heart in season 21, she scored the fancied first-impression rose and skated to the top three as the furthest any Black contestant has gone in the fiery love competition. Then, ahead of the season finale, ABC announced that she would take centerstage on The Bachelorette <\/em><\/a>spinoff as the first Black lead in the 16-year, 34-season history of the show<\/a>. Alas<\/em>, like many historic triumphs for diversity, her journey to love on national television hasn’t been entirely rose-petaled. Lindsay is now speaking out on how racism and tokenization from the toxic fandom and producers disillusioned her belief that she could seemingly change the franchise from within.<\/p>\n

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