Rachel Lindsay Explains Her Experiences With ‘Subtle Racism’ While Working As A Lawyer In Texas

Bug Hall was arrested over the weekend in Weatherford, Texas.

Rachel Lindsay, 35, is talking about the hateful racism she encountered as the first Black Bachelorette. “[I got it] from the audience…a lot of nasty messages trolling,” Rachel admitted to Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live. “I definitely experienced it when it came to picking the men. My husband [Bryan Abasolo] is Colombian so I got a lot of racism towards the fact that we were in an interracial relationship,” she added.

The Bachelorette star Rachel Lindsay has a bone to pick with conservative pundit Candace Owens. Rachel, 35, a longtime critic of the MAGA firebrand, opened up about why she feels that Candace is “against everything black,” in an EXCLUSIVE podcast interview with HollywoodLife. The interview comes after Rachel retweeted someone who called Candace, 31, a “black white supremacist” for posting a video called I Do Not Support George Floyd.

Becca Kufrin and Rachel Lindsay didn’t hold back while discussing Garrett Yrigoyen’s social media activity amid the Black Lives Matter movement — and now the season 14 Bachelorette’s fiancée is weighing in on their emotional episode of the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast.“Love you Becca, it’s unrealistic to sit down and have individual conversations with millions,” Yrigoyen commented on Kufrin’s Instagram post about the Tuesday, June 9, episode.

Fans of The Bachelor want less talk and more action!

Mike Johnson wasn't cast as the Bachelor for season 24. Johnson, a portfolio manager and Air Force veteran, was charming, good-looking and seemed to be the total package on Hannah Brown's season of — with viewers hoping he could be cast as the franchise's first-ever black male lead. However, Peter Weber was cast in the lead role instead, leaving many — including Rachel Lindsay — frustrated.

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

Rachel Lindsay, the only black lead on The Bachelor franchise since its 2002 debut, has opened up further about the diversity issue.“Recently, I have received many questions regarding the headlines stating that I will leave the Bachelor franchise if changes to address the lack of diversity in lead roles are not established,” the lawyer, 35, began a new blog post shared on Monday, June 8.

As fans of Bachelor Nation know, Rachel Lindsay was the very first black Bachelorette on the show ever! That being said, amid fierce protests against racial discrimination in America, the star is demanding more diversity on the show that made her famous. Rachel admitted that she is pretty embarrassed to be associated with a series that suffers from such a serious lack of racial and ethnic diversity when it comes to its cast.

It took until The Bachelorette season 13 for the ABC franchise to cast an African American lead in 2017. Now Rachel Lindsay, 35, is speaking out about how her show — as well as The Bachelor — are “white-washed.” Rachel initially appeared as a contestant on season 21 of The Bachelor competing for Nick Viall‘s heart, and is upset how that show has yet to cast a black male in the title role.

Rachel Lindsay and her husband Bryan Abasolo were among the thousands of people who police brutality and the murder of George Floyd over the weekend. The former Bachelorette opened up about her experience during her podcast (via ) telling her co-host Van Lathan that “It was beautiful to see so many people in unity marching and protesting for what they believed in and the injustices they’re facing in this country.”

Rachel Lindsay is opening up about her experience in attending a peaceful protest in honor of George Floyd over the weekend.

Rachel Lindsay and her husband, Bryan Abasolo, joined thousands of other people across the U.S. who protested the death of George Floyd over the weekend.

Rachel Lindsay joined the protests happening across the United States on Sunday and called her experience “peaceful” and “beautiful”.

Rachel Lindsay was among the thousands who attended demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd over the weekend.  While in conversation with her Higher Learning podcast co-host Van Lathan, The Bachelorette star detailed all she witnessed while out in Miami with husband Bryan Abasolo. Calling it a "great experience," Rachel shared, "It's not my first time protesting.

Ariana Grande, Rachel Lindsay, Halsey and more stars joined the thousands of protesters in cities across the U.S. to demand justice for George Floyd while advocating for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Hannah Brown has been in hot water over singing the N-word during an IG Live session and continues to receive criticism even after she apologized and promised to ‘do better!’ But, fellow Bachelorette, Rachel Lindsay is not convinced that she’s going to change! As you may know by now, Lindsay has been very vocal about her opinion on the whole thing, revealing that she was very disappointed by Brown’s apology.

After Hannah Brown came under fire for saying the N-word during an Instagram Live video, she apologized in a statement and promised to "do better." However, Rachel Lindsay doesn't expect Brown to change.

Earlier this month, Rachel Lindsay spoke out after fellow former Hannah Brown while singing along to a song on Instagram Live.Lindsay said she about why she was “personally hurt and offended” by the comments and also expressed disappointment that Brown chose to release a statement rather than address the incident more directly.And now, Lindsay is revealing more details about the conversations and texts she had with Brown.