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Lindsay added that she was \"personally hurt and offended\" with Brown after seeing her post -- especially since she had given her the \"opportunity\" to do more.

\"You should feel disgusted when you say that word. You should feel uncomfortable,\" she continued, urging those listening to \"do yourself a favor and educate yourself on that word\" because it has \"so much weight and history behind it.\"

\"That word was used to make black people feel less than ... and every time you use that word and you're not black, you give that word power, and that is why it is wrong,\" Lindsay explained.

Lindsay -- the first and only black lead in the history of the \"Bachelor\" franchise -- concluded her video reminding us it shouldn't be left up to her to be the face of this matter and she was \"saddened\" it had to be done.

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