Dinner conversation (from last week)

Sasha (friend, from The Ukraine, having lived in America 4 years, while watching The Bachelor): Alieux, you should try out for The Bachelor.

Me: I can't be on the show.

Sasha: Why not? You’re good looking, you’re single.

Me: Thanks, but they don’t put black people on that show.

Malia (her sister in-law, also from The Ukraine, who is also watching the show): Come on Alieux. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

Sasha: There have been black people on that show.

Me: There has been not a single black Bachelor or Bachelorette on the show.

Malia: I have seen black people on the show.

Me: And none have been the bachelor or bachelorette. You have seen a black person or other person of color vying for the attentions of the Bachelor or Bachelorette, 100% of which have been white. Even their matches are all 100% white. And all the people of color, usually 1 of the 25 or so, are all voted off by the 1st or 2nd episode.

Sasha: Come on, you’re telling me that the ABC channel is racist? Not everybody is racist. Why do you think that everyone is racist?

Me: I’m not going to get in a debate with you. The core audience of that show are white women, like you. Since you both say that you have seen every single episode ever, of the show, can you name one black bachelor or bachelorette, or even an Asian one, or a Latin one?

Silence.