Rachel Lindsay, who was the first black woman to hold the title Single, has often been placed in the position of criticizing, mediating, and bringing to light the multiple problems of the franchise in relation to race; she has now deactivated her Instagram account, after the show’s “fans” became toxic and abusive towards her. This, as a result of the controversy that currently surrounds the controversial-prone reality series, as a long-time host Chris Harrison announced that he was “stepping on alateral” of the show for a while following an interview with Lindsay in which she came out very defensive on behalf of a contestant who was photographed participating in a “Plantation Party” that invokes the troops and aesthetics of the slaveholder Antebellum South.
In his role as Extra correspondent, Lindsay walked, with aplomb, a an incredibly complex loose rope in that interview, a that Black of women are often required to actwhich comes out at once as a well-earned moral voice outrage, a funny and objective evaluator of the problems shown and a warm and pleasant television presence. (Harrison, for his part, diverged on the “awakened police” and tried to insist that no one knew not to disguise himself as a slave owner in 2018). abuse that followed.
Per Variety, Lindsay’s departure from social media was announced by her podcast partner Van Lathan, who pointed out on his own social media that his friend “Didentify it because it is from the hatred it causes you Graduate fans, who make her rubbish with all sorts of rude and hateful things to say. “a 49-year-old man who can’t read the room right now 2021 times. “)
Rachael Kirkconnell, el Graduate competing whose photographs began this last iteration of Baccalaureate: He still has problems with race, eh?, Since then joined many other voices in the franchise, asking fans not to attack Lindsay for her reasonable interrogation of Kirkconnell Harrison’s own shares and statements.
It is not yet known when, if ever, Harrison is expected to return to the franchise.
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