If you accidentally clicked on this article and have never had any intention of spending precious moments of your life watching The Bachelorette, don't click away so fast.

I was you just a year ago- until the #BachelorNation got wind that there was going to be a black Bachelorette for the first time in the show's 13 year history, and the news spread like wildfire.

Everyone knew having a black Bachelorette would make this season unlike any other, and many people, myself included, suddenly gained interest in the show just to see how Rachel Lindsay's race would play a factor in the show's dynamic.

Before Rachel became the Bachelorette, the little I did know about the show was that from face-value it seemed shallow, painfully lacked diversity and representation, and was too "scripted reality" for my taste. I'm not saying that all of the issues I have with the show are fixed and that it suddenly gives my life meaning because of Rachel, but her presence definitely gave it a substance it has never had before.

For the vast majority of the season, Rachel's race was portrayed as a second thought, excluding moments referencing Dean's cringe-worthy "I'm ready to go black, and I'm never going back" comment from the After The Final Rose special.

However, we were all still thinking about it, and apparently so was Rachel as she repeatedly referenced the unprecedented pressure she was under this season, even though she rarely explicitly stated where this added stress was actually coming from. It was very apparent that Rachel's race was becoming the elephant in the room, and the producers clearly had no idea of how to address the number one thing on most viewers' minds.

It wasn't until the Kenny King vs. Lee Garrett feud erupted that the show began to drift into the uncharted territory of attempting to discuss race relations.

During the July 31st "The Men Tell All" episode, Lee was finally checked for his "invisible racism," as Anthony put it- for all 5.7 million viewers to enjoy. After discussing the messy, race-focused Kenny vs. Lee feud, it made perfect sense that the conversation transitioned into Lee being confronted with the not-so-old sexist and racist tweets that were uncovered from his account prior to his feud with Kenny even beginning on-air.

A compilation of moments featuring Lee lying to Rachel's face about Kenny's "aggressive behavior" followed by a collage of his 2016 tweets was more than enough evidence to solidify Lee's character as, in Kenny's words: reptilian.

If they didn't already, viewers were finally forced to understand the stereotype of black men that Lee was attempting to validate through his actions, and the other men of color on the "Tell All" refused to let it go unnoticed.

As Lee's tweets comparing the NAACP to the KKK were plastered on the big screen, he visibly struggled to make up excuses on the spot, including calling them old (again, they were from a year ago), saying how different he is now, and insisting that they were taken out of context.

Fellow outcast DeMairo abandoned Team Reptilian for a moment and offered to give Lee the Black History lesson he so clearly needs, and Will dropped some knowledge about why Lee needed to acknowledge his flaws.

Josiah even joined Lee on the couch to ask him the questions we've been wondering since the tweets were discovered; including why he would participate in the season with the first black Bachelorette when he knows nothing about Black History, and doesn't seem to like or respect black people at all?

My personal favorite insights came from Anthony, who oh-so-eloquently broke down each reason why Lee's semi-apologetic stammering was not sufficient for the group or Rachel, and how his statements and actions were still racist whether he believed it or not. Lee tried play the dumb card, but Anthony did an excellent job of shutting down any doubt about Lee's true character in a respectful and knowledgeable way.

Of course, after he finished his short speech, Lee commented on how "well spoken" he is, (which may or may not have been another microaggression itself) then proceeded to give a slightly more acceptable apology that included something about him having a lot to learn, which is more than true.

As a friend pointed out to me, the best thing about the dynamic of the discussion was how respectful the rest of the contestants were to the men who addressed Lee from personal experience. Each man who spoke was given the appropriate amount of time to share their thoughts, and only the people who actually knew what they were talking about were given airtime. In a conversation that easily could have been ill-addressed like it was at any other point in the show, the intelligence and eloquence of the men who put Lee in his place kept things afloat.

To anyone who may be upset that their favorite show was "infiltrated" by racism: Welcome to the real world.

Again, in the words of the amazing Kenny, "Lee is a snake," and there are people like him everywhere. Just because someone puts on a nice face in public to hide their sexist or racist thoughts and opinions doesn't mean they are any better than someone who is overtly racist or sexist. "Invisible" racism, or use of microaggressions simply means that they have more to lose if they openly express their racism, or may not even be aware that they are racist at all.

It is just a shame that it took deliberate bad casting by a show like The Bachelorette to get mainstream America to acknowledge that racism is alive as ever, and can even affect their favorite show.