“I will never grow unless I recognize what I have done is wrong. In an Instagram video on Thursday, Kirkconnell responds to the controversy, which includes photos of her attending an antebellum-themed college party in 2018, and allegedly liking and sharing.
“Racial progress and unity are impossible without (white) accountability, and I deserve to be held accountable for my actions,” Kirkconnell wrote.
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Kirkconnell is very much still in the running to win the heart of Matt James, the first Black Bachelor in franchise history, with Chris Harrison confirming that Kirkconnell was not present for the recently taped Women Tell All special, which reunites contestants who are not finalists ahead of the series finale. Before he and Rachael sit with each other for the first time since their breakup, Emmanuel asks Rachael what she sees when she looks at the photos of herself at the antebellum-themed party. “What I now realize I have done is cause harm by wrongly speaking in a manner that perpetuates racism, and for that I am so deeply sorry,” said Harrison in a statement posted on social media. Kirkconnell’s scandal has even enveloped longtime Bachelor host Chris Harrison, who issued an apology on Wednesday for defending the Georgia native in an interview on Extra with the first Black Bachelorette, Rachel Lindsay. I was ignorant, but my ignorance was racist.” The photo sees her along with many other sorority girls in antebellum style dresses. They are not acceptable or okay in any sense. “My age or when it happened does not excuse anything. The event was a great success, and the photos from the shoot have been gaining attention on social media. In October of 2017, she hosted an Antebellum Party Photo Shoot in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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“At one point, I didn’t recognize how offensive and racist my actions were, but that doesn’t excuse them,” she continues. Rachael Kirkconnell Antebellum Party Photo Rachael Kirkconnell is a professional photographer who specializes in historical reenactment and antique photography.
In an Instagram post on Thursday night, the Georgia native Kirkconnell wrote, “I’m here to say I was wrong … I was ignorant, but my ignorance was racist.” Kirkconnell’s scandal began when racially insensitive social-media posts of hers began circulating online, including photos featuring the 24-year old graphic designer at an antebellum-themed party in college in 2018. This season’s problematic Bachelor suitor, Rachael Kirkconnell, has finally broken her silence after spending weeks sparking controversy online. The 49-year-old said he wasnt 'the woke police,' claiming the antebellum photos may have been considered okay. Rachael Kirkconnell pictured with Matt James. Rachael Kirkconnell has come under fire for attending a similar party in 2018.
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