Why Have All of ABCs Bachelors Been White?
Why Have All of ABCs Bachelors Been White? Tuesday February 9, 2010#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) I’ve never been a big fan of “The Bachelor.” Watching a throng of women compete for the affections of one man always made me cringe. But Newsweek.com contributor Joshua Alston points out another reason “The Bachelor” (and “The Bachelorette”) are problematic. In each of the show’s 14 seasons, the men chosen as bachelors have always been white, and the women competing to be their brides are overwhelmingly white as well. The reasons Alston gives for this indicate that America isn’t as post-racial as we’d like to think. “People still overwhelmingly date and marry within their own race,” Alston writes. “White people are the majority in this country and, therefore, the best audience to target from a ratings standpoint, and there’s risk in alienati
