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Andy Dehnart > media appearances > The ongoing whiteness of The Bachelor and Bachelorette

media appearances · March 27, 2016

The ongoing whiteness of The Bachelor and Bachelorette

I wrote about The Bachelorette’s latest casting and what it means for the show’s dismal diversity track record.

Also, I was briefly quoted in an LA Times story about this.

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