Early in the second episode, Samantha — one of the girls at Ginny’s school — asks her “what are you” in the middle of the hallway, framing it as a compliment because Ginny is so “exotic looking.” Later in the same episode, Samantha questions Ginny about which of her parents is white before declaring, “I’m going to marry a Black man so I can have adorable little mixed babies.” They’re all high at this point, of course, but there’s no getting around the racism here. That none of the people around them actually tell Samantha to stop being weird and instead just awkwardly change the subject speaks volumes about how Ginny’s peers see her. At another point in the episode, her friends Abby and Norah goad her into shoplifting and refuse to have her back once she’s singled out and caught. They frame Ginny as the only member of the group to steal, even though theyalso She was also accused of bullying girls in high school for likingBlack guysKirkconnell later addressed these reports in aposted statementanda videoon her Instagram.Bachelorhost and face-of-the-franchiseChris Harrison The third episode features one of the most frustrating moments in the entire season: a chaperone attempts to brush Ginny’s hair and destroys her style, leaving her hair a floofy mess. Instead of offering to help as Ginny rushes away, her friends simply laugh in the wake of her retreat and spend most of the episode in a completely different part of the school. Black girls’ relationship with their hairis already complicatedeven before you considerbiracial Black girls like Ginnywhose mothers may not have the necessary skillsto maintain their hair videographer learned that lesson after attempting to speak with Jennifer abouta commercial flight she'd recently been on