A new study reveals details surrounding The Bachelor and The Bachelorette
The Bachelor is ABC’s longest running reality show that tries to find love in a sea of single men and women. Despite the many changes over the years their is one thing that remains the same, all of the contestants are white.
However, in recent years the show’s producers have tried to change the show’s format to increase the number of minorities on the show. There were so few minorities on both The Bachelor and The Bachelorette that the show was sued in 2012. Following 2012, ABC producers increased the number of minorities on the show but that doesn’t mean they lasted very long.
From Jezebel:
Take, for instance, Marquel, a fan favorite from Andi’s season of The Bachelorette who was reportedly never seriously considered as a potential Bachelor candidate. He was cast aside for current Bachelor Chris Soules, who had one black girl on his season who has already been sent home.
The candidates on this show certainly tell the producers what their “types” are, so personal preference has something to do with casting as well. But it’s clear that the show’s lack of diversity has prompted, if not a backlash, then a response from their audience, and even from other networks looking for an opportunity.
Most recently, in a report by Orion Hombrebueno, Larry Z. Li and Karen X. Cheng, researchers analyzed the number of non-whites on the two hit reality shows and examined when minorities were kicked off the show.
Here is what they found:
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