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Rachel Lindsay Wants ‘Bachelorette’ Franchise to Protect Jenn Tran as 1st Asian-American Lead

Jenn Tran was crowned the next Bachelorette and Bachelor Nation’s Rachel Lindsay is hoping that the franchise protects her as the first Asian-American lead.

“Love is inclusive, and it’s about time that reflected Asian representation,” Rachel, 38, who was the first Black Bachelorette lead during season 13, told TMZ on Tuesday, March 26. One week later, host Jesse Palmer and Bachelorette alum Charity Lawson introduced Jenn as the new lead during After the Final Rose. Any time Asians were in the media, it was to fill a supporting character role, fulfill some sort of stereotype, and I always felt boxed in by that,” she explained.

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