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Lawsuit claims ‘Bachelor’ show discriminates

April 19, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Two black men are taking “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” to court with a lawsuit that claims the reality shows are blocking contestants of color from starring roles.

Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson filed a federal lawsuit in Nashville Wednesday. It says the popular TV shows are engaged in a pattern of racial discrimination that intentionally excludes people of color.

The two men say that after 10 years and a combined total of 23 seasons of “The Bachelor and The Bachelorette,” neither of the shows has featured a single person of color in a central role.

Calls and emails to the publicist for the creator of the show an email to the ABC publicist were not immediately returned.

(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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