![]() ![]() “This entire movement and where we are in this country is just so much bigger than this and I want and need to use my privilege and my platform that I so do not deserve just to shine a light on these issues and try to do what I can to take a step in the right direction.” But I’ve come to realize that sitting aside and hiding in the corner and avoid being called performative, that doesn’t help anyone or anything,” she said, adding that people’s responses are not “what really matters.” There are things out there that completely validate your opinions and your anger towards me. In her first apology statement, Kirkconnell stated that she is “learning and will continue to learn how to be antiracist.” But since then, she admits, “I’ve just been hesitant to post links and books and any resources because I don’t want people thinking that it’s performative or it’s not something that I truly stand by. She went on to explain that “the first big step” is “white people stepping up and taking accountability” because “things will never change if we don’t all work together in working towards this racial progress and this unity that we want.” Don’t listen to people.’ And I’m just tired of getting all of this and not saying anything,” the 24-year-old graphic designer said in a somber video. But then there’s also people messaging me saying, ‘You’ve done nothing wrong. ![]() But they want to and they’ve asked for resources, which I think is great. I’ve gotten a lot of people asking me, ‘Well what have you done to change since then?’ and I’ve also had a lot of people message me saying that they aren’t understanding why people are so upset. I don’t think one apology means that I deserve your forgiveness, but rather I hope I can earn your forgiveness through my future actions.” Kirkconnell is certainly not the first member of Bachelor Nation to be involved in a racism-based scandal, but here’s hoping she’s the last.“Over the last few weeks, since I’ve put my statement out, I’ve gotten a lot of messages. “I will never grow unless I recognize what I have done is wrong. “Racial progress and unity are impossible without (white) accountability, and I deserve to be held accountable for my actions,” Kirkconnell wrote. Kirkconnell is very much still in the running to win the heart of Matt James, the first Black Bachelor in franchise history, with Chris Harrison confirming that Kirkconnell was not present for the recently taped Women Tell All special that reunites contestants who are not finalists ahead of the series finale. “What I now realize I have done is cause harm by wrongly speaking in a manner that perpetuates racism, and for that I am so deeply sorry,” said Harrison in a statement posted on social media. Kirkconnell’s scandal has even enveloped longtime Bachelor host Chris Harrison, who issued an apology on Wednesday for defending the Georgia native in an interview on Extra with the first Black Bachelorette, Rachel Lindsay. I was ignorant, but my ignorance was racist.” ![]() They are not acceptable or okay in any sense. “My age or when it happened does not excuse anything. “At one point, I didn’t recognize how offensive and racist my actions were, but that doesn’t excuse them,” she continues. ![]() In an Instagram post, on Thursday night, the Georgia native Kirkconnell wrote, “I’m here to say I was wrong … I was ignorant, but my ignorance was racist.” Kirkconnell’s scandal began when racially insensitive social-media posts of hers began circulating online, including photos featuring the 24-year old graphic designer at an antebellum-themed party in college in 2018. This season’s problematic Bachelor suitor, Rachael Kirkconnell, has finally broken her silence after spending weeks sparking controversy online. Rachael Kirkconnell pictured with Matt James. ![]()
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