“Fleiss was asked by Entertainment Weekly last year if the shows would ever feature someone who wasn’t white. He was quoted as replying: “I think Ashley (the 2011 Bachelorette) is 1/16th Cherokee Indian, but I cannot confirm. But that is my suspicion! We really tried, but sometimes we feel guilty of tokenism. Oh, we have to wedge African-American chicks in there! We always want to cast for ethnic diversity, it’s just that for whatever reason, they don’t come forward. I wish they would.””
- Bachelor to be hit with race discrimination lawsuit | Reuters
- Bachelor to be hit with race discrimination lawsuit | Reuters