‘The Bachelor’ Finally Went Black — But Doesn’t Know How to Deal With Race

18 years after its premiere, the reality show finally has a Black man at its center. What happens next is anyone’s guess.

Tirhakah Love
LEVEL
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6 min readJan 8, 2021

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Tirhakah Love
LEVEL
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African from Texas• Staff Writer at LEVEL • Black politics, Celebrity interviews, TV & Film Criticism • Previously: MTV News, San Francisco Chronicle