Like those, James’s season still gave noticeably less screen time to its Black contestants—and because of James’s Blackness, the colorism that has always plagued The Bachelor became more visible. Darker-skinned and/or monoracial-presenting Black women were sent home earlier; none even made it to the hometown dating rounds.

The Romans[…] did not subdue a country in order to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into their own community.

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