ABC's 'The Bachelor' to Be Sued for Racial Discrimination (movies, series, ratings)

[EdwardA]

Oh brother. I've never watched so much of a minute of this show but evidently there are some black men out there who are miffed that they've been turned away from auditioning.

'The Bachelor' Lawsuit: Series Sued for Racial Discrimination | Hollywood.com

Racial equality should include all rights and privileges — even the right to showcase your vanity, competitiveness, and complete misunderstanding of genuine love. But somehow, minority groups have been denied this basic human entitlement. The Bachelor premiered in 2002, spawning its sister series The Bachelorette a year later. Collectively, the programs have broadcast 23 seasons, with 23 different central stars — all white. A Nashville-based group, led by football players Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the ABC series on the grounds of racial discrimination against people of color.

THR reports that Johnson claims to have shown up at a Bachelor casting call, only to be approached immediately by an employee asking why he was there. Johnson's application was taken by the employee, but he was never contacted thereafter.

The lawsuit states, "The deliberate exclusion of people of color from the roles of the Bachelor and Bachelorette underscores the significant barriers that people of color continue to face in media and the broader marketplace," and that the series "plainly prohibits whites from refusing to contract with African Americans because of their race."

[Rakin]

It would be fun to watch all the Black women get PO when the Black guy picks the 1 white woman.

[evilnewbie]

Hollywood being racist?? Say it ain't so..

[Backspace]

It's only fair since you barely see white guys on COPS.

[wutitiz]

First the Acura ad and now this. Nobody is more skin-tone concious than Hollywood and the left, the very people who claim to be the arbiters of racial justice. I'd say dump them and move forward towards MLK's dream, namely judging people by the content of their character instead of color of their skin.

[ottomobeale]

Cmon.

1 black dude and 25 white blondes would cause all sorts of fun for ABC.

[Ceece]

It's a matter of ratings. Who watches these shows...?

[AeroGuyDC]

the series "plainly prohibits whites from refusing to contract with African Americans because of their race."

I'm having trouble with this logic. Prohibiting someone from refusing something means that they're telling them that they have to accept something....in this case white people must accept black people.

That sounds more like Affirmative Action than Discrimination.

What am I missing?

[SoCalCroozer]

I DEMAND to see white stars taking leading roles in Tyler Perry movies! I'm ashamed there are not more white people on the cover of Ebony magazine or more white stars on BET!!

Gimme a break. Although I gotta say I never have realized just how white that show is till now. LOL.......

If you wanna see black people just turn on ESPN or watch the NFL and the NBA or a whole host of college sports. This whol diarrhea of the mouth that black people aren't represented is BS!!!! Black people are everywhere nowadays. Sports, Hollywood, media, etc. Oh boo hoo.......Hollywood has no black stars.............ummmmmm Will Smith, Morgan Freeman, Denzel, and the list goes on. Now if you wanna talk about under representation where are the Indian athletes? (Native Americans).

[Lee W.]

I'm aware that there are shows that are consistently "lily-white" and they seem to avoid having anyone who even looks even a bit too ethnic on the show. But there's so much more that turns my stomach about the two shows mentioned. Things that do not have anything to do with race or ethnicity....and that is noticeable just in the seconds it takes me to flip through the channels, I just want to toss my cookies at the very briefest of exposure to those shows! Believe me, you couldn't pay me to watch even ten seconds of either of those shows.