The Bachelor Franchise Promised to Diversify, So What Happened?

Klaritza Rico With an unprecedented global pandemic and the recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks as its backdrop, the 2020 BET Awards takes on increased importance this year. Fittingly, not only does the Black entertainment celebration make its first national broadcast premiere on CBS, it’s also celebrating its 20th anniversary.“It’s the perfect storm,” says Connie Orlando, executive vice president at the network who heads programming.

John Legend says the death of George Floyd is a reminder that Black people in the singer’s life are in danger.

John Legend pictured himself and his younger brother's son when he watched the video of George Floyd being suffocated to death by a Minneapolis police officer.In an interview with Willie Geist slated to run on Sunday's (June 21) episode of the TODAY show, father of two Legend says watching Floyd slowly die as the officer kept his knee on the unarmed black man's neck for nearly nine minutes was a harsh reminder that someone he knows could have been under that knee.“We do see our family members

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse MSP Christina McKelvie has promised to do everything she can to fight inequality among black and other minority ethnic people in Scotland.The Equalities Minister said the Scottish Government has taken steps to tackle racism but “we need to make much greater progress”.She spoke in the Scottish Parliament last week as the world continued to react to the death of George Floyd who died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, when a police officer pressed down on his neck.Ms

costar, for making her experience on the show a "living hell." This all started after Michele tweeted a message of support for in light of the death of at the hands of police. "George Floyd did not deserve this.

Rachel Lindsay is just one reality star who has been very vocal about racial injustices in the United States after the Black Lives Matter protests kicked off around the world this year. It all started with the death of George Floyd, who died while in police custody.

Anna Wintour said in a recent letter to employees that she is not doing enough to support black staff at Vogue. Wintour penned the note to staff last Thursday in the wake of protests around the country sparked by the death of George Floyd, who died while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minn., on May 25.

Black Lives Matter amid nationwide protests following George Floyd's death.In his post, Martin referenced an open letter he penned back in 2014, after he was passed over to be The Bachelor in favor of Chris Soules.

Rachel Lindsay wants the franchise to make a real change. The former Bachelorette — who remains the franchise's only black lead to date — took to her blog on Monday to address her recent comments that she would cut ties with if they didn't overhaul their approach to diversity and representation. Lindsay explained the thought process behind her decision, called for thefranchise to «make a statement acknowledging their systemic racism,» cast leads that are interested in dating outside of their

The rapper revealed that he has never, not once, voted before! However, in the light of America’s new fight against racial inequality, Snoop Dogg not only slammed the current POTUS for the way he has reacted to the protests but also promised that this year he’s definitely using his voting right! It sounds like Snoop is sick and tired of the situation in the United States so he is finally ready to contribute to the, hopefully positive, change a new president will bring.

Nick Viall is supporting Bekah Martinez amid her disagreement with Garrett Yrigoyen over the Black Lives Matter movement.“Bekah, you and your family are welcome for dinner at my place anytime,” the Bachelor alum, 39, wrote via Instagram on Friday, June 5.Viall’s comment comes after Martinez, 25, criticized Yrigoyen, 31, via Instagram on Thursday, June 4, for his support of police officers as people around the world protest the death of George Floyd and police brutality.

Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has vowed to make the hit show more diverse.Actress Vanessa Morgan, who has played Toni Topaz in the hit comic book show since 2017, aired her grievances with bosses at The CW programme on Twitter on Sunday amid the Black Lives Matter protests following the shocking death of African-American man George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis cops on 25 May.

Rachel Lindsay has been reevaluating her relationship with as protests continue around the country in support of the movement after the .“We have now casted for 40 seasons — even though they haven’t started Clare [Crawley’s],” she said in a new interview with . “There’s been one person of color in 40 seasons.

Manchester Evening News and said: “The video of George Floyd’s death was awful and it was all over social media, asked me to write a press release for an event today, he had other Friends who were organising events in Bristol too and we set up a Whatsapp group and it’s sort of expanded to this.“I didn’t really know what to expect, but some of the things people said today was really fruitful and lovely.“There’s a lot of white people here, and it's great that people showed solidarity but it also

Emma Watson has also made her support of the Black Lives Matter movement very clear after getting backlash for her Blackout Tuesday posts. The Harry Potter actress shared a very powerful message about racism.

Disney has pledged to donate $5 million dollars in the wake of worldwide protests that were sparked after the murder of George Floyd.

Diddy has been vocal on his social media account these days amidst the tragedies that are taking place in the streets, starting with the killing of George Floyd. The rapper managed to shock some of his fans and followers when he said that what’s going on now is nothing else but ‘karma.’ While some followers agreed, others said that this is not the way in which things should be fixed – through violence, hate, and looting.