I started watching The Bachelor/Bachelorette franchise during Ashley Herbert's season of The Bachelorette. I never had any interest in it before that and I don't even know what prompted me to watch her season.

One thing that that anyone could see is that the show is not very diverse. From the contestants to the Bachelor/Bachelorette the show mainly consists of White Americans which left a bad taste in some people's mouth. While there are contests that range in race many of the people of color don't tend to last long. While there's nothing wrong with someone having a preference in who they date, it would be nice to see the main person's ethnicity changed up season to season.

Because, the show doesn't seem to prompt diversity there has been at least one lawsuit filed against ABC on claims of racial discrimination. One case in particular was filed in 2012 by two American football players; the case was ultimately dismissed. The judge on the case sided with ABC saying that casting is protected by the First Amendment, therefore even if the show was trying to avoid controversy or backlash from interracial dating. They were protected under the First Amendment.

I’m someone who believes that someone’s skin color shouldn’t factor in when looking for love. While I know that some people don’t feel the same, I’ve often wondered what would ABC do if one of the bachelor/bachelorette was to pick someone who was a different race then them. Would they encourage it? Or would they try to sway them towards someone of the same race. Being in the day and age that we’re in many people still find it taboo to date outside your race. And with the 21 seasons of The Bachelor we finally saw our first interracial couple with Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici who is ½ Filipino during season 17.

Nick Vail was the bachelor for season 21 and he's no stranger to the franchise having appeared on Andi Dorfman's season, coming back to Kaitlyn Bristowe’s season and even going on Bachelor in Paradise. You either love him or hate him, but like anyone else he wants to find someone to settle down with.

This season we've pretty much have seen it all and this season has also provided the most diverse cast in history. Not sure if that's the way the producers casted the contestants or if Vail doesn't see color when looking for love. Either way it was a big win for the show. Episode 9 premieres tonight and the last women standing are Raven Gates, Rachel Lindsay, Vanessa Grimaldi and Corinne Olympias. Lindsay is the only woman of color left and I believe that she's also the second woman of color who has made it this far.

Usually the producers will announce the new bachelorette at the reunion or on Good Morning America. But, for some reason media outlets revealed the winner minutes before episode 8 even premiered. Lindsay has been the chosen one to find her perfect mate in the upcoming season of The Bachelorette. I was kind of shocked that after so long they would finally pick someone of color to be the main focus of this show.

I don't know if it's because they want to take some of the heat of them, or if it's because they truly think that Lindsay will make a great bachelorette. Or if it's because the president of ABC is a woman of color and that for lack of better words forced them to go with someone that wouldn't normally choose.

I plan on watching and live tweeting the show as always. And, I wish Lindsay the best in finding her Prince Charming.

But, while we're celebrating that a black woman is finally the main focus of The Bachelorette, let's not forget that it's 2017 and this is the most diversity we've seen from this franchise. Really ABC? Really. Do better.