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The Bachelor had a conversation on race, but not the one it should have had.

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I offended and angered both Black and White people.

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So it was a bit of a culture shock when I met people who referred to me as a “little colored girl” and told me interracial marriage, which I am proudly the product of, is a sin.

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I can name so many good things about myself.

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Looking back now, I’m not sure what I was ashamed of. I guess I just hated the stares we got from people who were trying to identify our connection to each other.