‘Bachelor’ contestant Greer Blitzer apologizes for defending blackface, “I’m just so ashamed”

Another contestant from The Bachelor franchise was in the hot seat for posting racially insensitive remarks on social media. Tuesday's installment of The Bachelor: The Women Tell All featured contestant Greer Blitzer apologizing for some tweets from 2016 in which she defended someone wearing blackface.Blitzer deleted the posts ahead of the show's premiere...

Philadelphia mayor: Mummers Parade “in jeopardy” for repeated blackface

Philadelphia, PA (AP) - Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has warned residents he will end the city's annual Mummers Parade if organizers don't curtail participants' inappropriate behavior, including blackface.Kenney's spokesperson says the mayor sent a letter Tuesday to the organizers of the four Mummers divisions...