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Erich Schwer has issued an apology after an aged yearbook photo showing him wearing blackface resurfaced online.
The Bachelorette frontrunner shared his connection connected Sept. 8 alongside alongside a picture of a achromatic square. The photo, which archetypal began circulating connected Reddit respective days prior, shows Schwer dressed arsenic Jimi Hendrix wearing blackface and an afro wig.
"I wholeheartedly apologize for the insensitive photograph of maine successful Blackface from my precocious schoolhouse yearbook that has been circulating," helium wrote connected Instagram. "What I thought astatine the clip was a practice of my emotion for Jimi Hendrix, was thing but ignorance."
"I was naïve to the hurtful implications of my actions to the Black assemblage and those closest to me, and volition everlastingly regret my violative and damaging behavior," the existent property expert continued. "I americium profoundly ashamed by my actions and recognize that my apology is lone the archetypal measurement successful taking accountability."
Schwer is the lone antheral presently near successful contention for co-Bachelorette Gabby Windey's bosom after finalists Jason Alabaster and Johnny DePhillipo self-eliminated during the series' Fantasy Suites episodes. Both said they were not acceptable to get engaged.
This isn't the archetypal time The Bachelor franchise has dealt with racism controversies. Rachael Kirkconnell, who won Matt James' play of The Bachelor, apologized successful February 2021 for old societal media posts that resurfaced, including photos of Kirkconnell dressed successful Native American attire arsenic a costume and attending an antebellum plantation-themed ball.
"At 1 point, I didn't admit however violative and racist my actions were, but that doesn't excuse them," she said astatine the time. "My property oregon erstwhile it happened does not excuse anything. They are not good oregon acceptable successful immoderate sense. I was ignorant, but my ignorance was racist."
Host Chris Harrison defended Kirkconnell at the time, which yet led to him leaving the franchise in June 2021.
A two-part Bachelorette finale volition aerial connected Sept. 13 and 20 connected ABC.
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