Olumide Onajide gets vulnerable in a full spread about being a Black man. Pic credit: @kingolu30/Instagram
Olumide Onajide appeared on The Bachelorette Season 18 with Michelle Young.
He recently addressed his experience with the show, specifically from the perspective of being a dark-skinned Black man.
Michelle Young’s season made history by having the first final four to ever consist solely of men of color.
Michelle and Nayte also become the second Black couple in The Bachelor franchise history to get engaged, following the since-broken up Bachelor in Paradise Season 7 couple Riley Christian and Maurissa Gunn.
While viewers celebrated these steps forward, there is also an awareness that the franchise still has a long way to go after a long and storied past of improperly handling diversity.
Olu experienced racially-charged and insensitive comments during his time on the show, and writer James R. Sanders wrote a full spread about Olu...
Olumide Onajide appeared on The Bachelorette Season 18 with Michelle Young.
He recently addressed his experience with the show, specifically from the perspective of being a dark-skinned Black man.
Michelle Young’s season made history by having the first final four to ever consist solely of men of color.
Michelle and Nayte also become the second Black couple in The Bachelor franchise history to get engaged, following the since-broken up Bachelor in Paradise Season 7 couple Riley Christian and Maurissa Gunn.
While viewers celebrated these steps forward, there is also an awareness that the franchise still has a long way to go after a long and storied past of improperly handling diversity.
Olu experienced racially-charged and insensitive comments during his time on the show, and writer James R. Sanders wrote a full spread about Olu...
- 9/14/2022
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