'Bachelor' Alum Leah Block Apologizes for Racist 'Bachelorette' Tweet
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The former contestant of 'The Bachelor' season 20 regrets her insensitive joke and she sees it 'as a personal failure.'

AceShowbiz - Leah Block, a suitor of Ben Higgins on "The Bachelor" season 20, regretted her racist joke about "The Bachelorette" that got the show's season 13 star Rachel Lindsay riled up. "I'm sitting here watching @BacheloretteABC and my roommate just sat down on the couch and said, 'What is this? @LoveAndHipHop_? DEAD," Leah previously wrote in a now deleted tweet. Rachel quickly replied, "Let me know if she wants to meet Lee...they sound like they would have a lot in common #ihavetimetoday," referring to her suitor Lee Garrett who came under fire for his racist tweets as well.

Leah later said in her apologetic Facebook post, "I come forward honestly and openly, to extend my sincere apology for the tweet from my account on Monday, June 19th regarding the current season of The Bachelorette. The tweet came from a place that humored the failure of representation of minorities in reality TV and belittled the significance of Rachel's presence on the show."

She added, "I acknowledge that entertaining this kind of humor is a passive and careless action that stifles the progress the black community has made in television and continue to make in this industry."

"It is vitally important to prioritize these experiences and help destroy the oppressive forces that threaten minority communities. My tweet did neither of those things and I see that as a personal failure. In my initial Twitter responses to concerned Bachelor Nation fans, I was defensive. The attacks directed at me felt to be responses to the epidemic of injustice we have towards individuals of marginalized identities - especially the black community. I accept responsibility for my ignorance and as I move forward I will engage in these issues - so I can become an informed ally who would never consider that tweet to be funny in the first place."

"Our Society should have no place for hate that targets any minority group. We can't make the future better until we make ourselves better. And I'm starting now," she continued before concluding, "Best of luck to Rachel and her suitors this season."

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