Miss "Unamerican"

Miss "Unamerican"

Thursday of last week we had a current events quiz and one of the questions was about the newly crowned Miss America. It asked why people were so upset about her being crowned Miss America. This is what I found so angering. People said that because she is from Indian decent that she is unfit to represent America. Wake up people! This is the 21st century so why do we still have racisism in this country? 

      This country is supposed to be built on freedom and equality so why are people hating on this poor girl? After the pageant twitter was filled with a bunch of racist comments saying that  Miss America is Arab or that she is a terrorist. First of she is from India so there is a big chance she is Buddhist and second she was born in America so she is an American and therefore she is more than eligible to be Miss America.

    Aren't most people desended from all over the world? So what if she has a family tree that's more recent with people from another country than the other contestants. All that matters is that she was born in America and she is willing to represent the USA. It shouldn't matter if you have relatives from around the world all that matters is that this girl did her best and she won.

     I think that when we talked about this the teacher explained it appropriately and in great detail. This was a very interesting and different topic that we discussed. It shows that even though America has great things about it there are still some flaws and this huge event showed this.

Nina Davuluri
Photo by Maria  Vultaggio