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Can We Expect To See More Black Men On The Bachelorette? Rachel Lindsay Spills The Tea

<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"--nViQJgnkQ" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>31-year-old Rachel Lindsay is making history as ABC&&num;8217&semi;s first Black Bachelorette in 15 years and 33 seasons and we are here for it&period;  She is also making history as an older&comma; and possibly most successful bachelorette in terms of her high-powered daily job of an attorney&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We caught up with her at Floyd Mayweather&&num;8217&semi;s lavish 40th birthday bash&comma; and she spilled some tea on the types of men we can expect to see on her season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t know who&&num;8217&semi;s coming out of the limo&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period;  &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ve told them the people I&&num;8217&semi;ve dated before&&num;8211&semi;I haven&&num;8217&semi;t just dated black men&comma; but mostly black men&comma; so I&&num;8217&semi;m hoping to see a majority of that&period;&&num;8221&semi; Same&comma; sis&comma; same&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I would like for the show to be reflective of America you know&comma; so I&&num;8217&semi;m happy to be in this role so hopefully the men will be more reflective of that&comma; so we&&num;8217&semi;ll see&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rachel also admits that she doesn&&num;8217&semi;t mind being called the &&num;8220&semi;First Black Bachelorette&&num;8221&semi; and not just &&num;8220&semi;the next Bachelorette&&num;8221&semi; because it is something new&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t mind being called the first because it&&num;8217&semi;s new right&quest; So I&&num;8217&semi;m happy to represent myself as a black woman&comma; that does not bother me&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period; &&num;8220&semi;But I don&&num;8217&semi;t want it to be something that we fixate on the entire season&&num;8211&semi;like we get it&comma; 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