TMC
03-15-2016, 01:43 AM
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/03/13/470124738/what-would-it-mean-to-have-a-hapa-bachelorette
If selected, Caila Quinn, with a Filipino mom and a white dad, would become the first minority Bachelorette. But she isn’t the first Asian/white Bachelor franchise star. Catherine Giudici (http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/03/11/catherine-giudici-wins-the-bachelor-sean-lowe-winner/), who won Bachelor Sean Lowe’s season, is also Filipino and white, while Bachelor Andy Baldwin's winner Tessa Horst (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-the-past-bachelors-photos-20140131-015-photo.html) is Chinese and white. According to this NPR story, mixed-race Asian-white women become the perfect vehicles for diversity on The Bachelor because they are "white enough to present to the family," as NYU sociology professor Ann Morning notes, while still being exotic enough to fill a quota. Morning adds that they also get a boost from the model minority myth and the recent idea that being multiracial is "cool.” PLUS: How much do contestants spend (http://nypost.com/2016/03/13/bachelor-hopefuls-quit-their-jobs-refinance-their-homes-to-find-love/) to be on The Bachelor?
If selected, Caila Quinn, with a Filipino mom and a white dad, would become the first minority Bachelorette. But she isn’t the first Asian/white Bachelor franchise star. Catherine Giudici (http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/03/11/catherine-giudici-wins-the-bachelor-sean-lowe-winner/), who won Bachelor Sean Lowe’s season, is also Filipino and white, while Bachelor Andy Baldwin's winner Tessa Horst (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-the-past-bachelors-photos-20140131-015-photo.html) is Chinese and white. According to this NPR story, mixed-race Asian-white women become the perfect vehicles for diversity on The Bachelor because they are "white enough to present to the family," as NYU sociology professor Ann Morning notes, while still being exotic enough to fill a quota. Morning adds that they also get a boost from the model minority myth and the recent idea that being multiracial is "cool.” PLUS: How much do contestants spend (http://nypost.com/2016/03/13/bachelor-hopefuls-quit-their-jobs-refinance-their-homes-to-find-love/) to be on The Bachelor?