Kirkconnell, who is white, is a front-runner for a shot at marrying Matt James, the first Black “Bachelor” in the show’s history. Former classmates have accused Kirkconnell, 24, of bullying people in high school for interracial dating, and past photos have surfaced that appear to show her dressed in costume as a Native American and attending an Old South-themed antebellum college formal in 2018.
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