Current Event- Week 1

Week of: 4/16/12- 4/20/12

TV shows "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" were filed with racial discrimination lawsuit

     Two African-American Nashville men, Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson, filed a class-action lawsuit against the two ABC dating shows. The men claim that the show has intentionally discriminated against minorities by not including them on the two series. Also, they auditioned for the show, but say that their interviews were "rushed" and that they were not given the same opportunities as the white men who auditioned. 

     Personally, I'm not sure if the two men's decision was warranted. Sure, the show doesn't have many minorities featured. But to say they are not included at all is inaccurate. There have been many contestants that belong to a minority. In fact, the winner of the sixth season of the the Bachelorette, Roberto Martinez, was Latino. As for the fact that they felt "rushed" or "looked over", there could have been many other reasons as to why it seemed that way. Perhaps they were just paranoid to begin with? Whatever the reason, I think that a filed lawsuit was a bit extreme. Who knows? The producers of this show might really be racist. But, in my opinion, a strongly worded letter would have been a better first step. 

Works Cited:

Braxton, Greg. "'The Bachelor,' 'The Bachelorette' Hit with Racial Discrimination Suit." - Latimes.com.                         

     18 April 2012. Web. 18 April 2012.