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The Bachelorette's Rachel Lindsay is pushing for Mike Johnson to become the first black Bachelor
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“I’m a huge proponent for Mike to be the next Bachelor,” the first black Bachelorette tells People. “I say it anytime I get a platform to talk about it. I just feel like they haven’t had a person of color, well, they had Juan Pablo — they never had a black male lead before.”
TOPICS: Mike Johnson, ABC, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Rachel Lindsay, Reality TV
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