MikeforBachelor is about more than Mike—it could open the door for more POC casting
The moment I saw Mike Johnson, the 31-year-old portfolio manager vying for Hannah’s heart on Season 15 of The Bachelorette, I screamed. My body has not been attracted to a body of this stature since Peter Kraus circa Rachel Lindsay’s season. His face is the dreamy amalgamation of tWitch, Ellen DeGeneres’s resident DJ/hunk, and real life fire emoji Michael B Jordan. Don’t @ me, these are simply facts.
Can we *not* with these excuses Show creator Mike Fleiss told Entertainment Weekly in 2011 that, “We always want to cast for ethnic diversity… It’s just that for whatever reason, they don’t come forward.” But blaming minorities as part of the problem ain’t it, Fleiss. While we can’t control what happens behind the scenes—or who people fall for on the show—it’s clear that the production process is short on minorities to begin with.
Casting has remained persistently pale since the show first premiered back in 2002. The franchise seems to play by the notion that if it’s not broke, why fix it? But it needs to be fixed, because the series continuously refuses to reflect the world we live in. With Mike in the running, maybe we can finally have our first black Bachelor and call it a day.
On a scale of 0 to "I walked by her eyelashes for two days," how bad was your last breakup? #TheBacheloretteFinaleSo, to recap: ABC did Lindsay dirty and she deserves to see that what she went through was worth it, because it opened a door for more inclusion in Bachelor Nation. It’s time the network puts in the work and advocates for a more inclusive cast, one that’s reflective of America.
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