Posted on 09/18/2013 8:56:08 AM PDT by newb2012
Some stuff still leaves me puzzled here. How can a 'Bollywood 'dance sequence be considered 'Miss.America's' talent? If someone’s born an American and claim to be all American, wouldn’t they have some original American talent to show and win the prestigious Miss.America title? Does a nation have to become so diverse that it'd loose its own identity? The most sad part is the dance number the winner performed - in no way shows how beautiful Indian fine arts are either. I find the performance to be more of mockery of classical form of the art.
I don't honestly think that any girl of non-Indian descent would have been crowned Miss.India in India or for that matter in any other country. Sonia Gandhi is from the Gandhi family which is still India's first family. Gandhi’s family had been loved and kept on high pedestal by the people of India through her fight for independence and thereafter. They celebrated the family's political victories and mourned each time they lost a Gandhi to extremism through generations. And each time they elected someone from the family to succeed their deceased leader. Yet, because of her Italian origins, Sonia Gandhi is taking a back seat when it comes to leading the country unlike any other person from that family. And that decision is expected and respected by the nation and most leaders.
Each country has its own talent and people capable enough to represent and lead the country. It is important for America to remain America and India to remain India. It’d be lovely see people from any country to stand their ground and take pride and humility in what and where they are from and represent their own country in its originality with its strengths and setbacks. We dont want to see ‘Miss.The Most Diverse Nation On The Planet”, but certainly love to see Miss.America without having to miss America.
I agree 100%.
actually one of the contestants did in fact do the Irish jig to Riverdance...i agree with your sentiment though the chick from NY said “we” (her and the contestant from California who was chinese or something) “are making history by being the first asian Americans in the final two”....
i thought, how nice- prouder to be asian-Americans rather than just all-American
I think Miss DC had origins from India too and I personally thought she was more attractive but the judging is based on more than that I guess.
white women might as well not enter anymore due to them wanting to have headlines like the first what ever.
I saw her on Fox and friends this morning and she was yapping about diversity bla bla and I’ll say this. IMHO even with all that make up on her that she was not anywhere near stunning and that nose !!!
What’s American “dance,” anyway? Square dancing?
I don’t know. The music I like, country/hillbilly/blues has its origin in Scotch - Irish and black music. Thus, I also enjoy the Chieftains.
Bad example. EVERYBODY is offended by bagpipe music!
;-)
no way, look at her ankles, those would turn any many on EEK
The expectation was probably for a bunch of "yeah, me too!" posts, that they could parade to everyone as an example of the racists at FR.
Wait until next year when no doubt we will see transvestites win the title.
Jazz and the Blues.
I’m an American of German/Polish descent living in the Irish hills area of Southern Michigan. I’m fixin to have Spaghetti for lunch.
At least she was’nt Twerking
Hm...didn't swing dancing originate in America? That would be about as American as you can get.
I can't respond to anything concerning "Miss America". I have no interest and no experience as I have never watched or followed it.
But you must understand, in general, Hollywood/Entertainment Industry is run by liberals. In there mind, the only correct American Culture is one that adopts and changes to accommodate all cultures that are not uniquely American. To them, traditional American Culture is destructive to the rest of the world and must be abandon.
Everything from traditional cookouts with greasy beef to fast cars and lots of human space is taboo to the left. Their aim is to lower the expectations and standards of all. This way, people will not be upset about the lack of opportunity for success in our cultural decline. Less freedom is good for the masses.
the first cross dresser, wow isn’t diversity great, next year the first Chinese, then the first homosexual.
All in diversity of course.
I don’t bother watching this crap anyway but from what I saw on TV this morning then there are more beautiful women out there than this woman but of course we all have our own views on what is beautiful,
I didn’t see it. But in general, I dig Bollywood dancing.
So, she’d have my vote.
Good point, I forgot about swing.
What part of September 17, 2012 is yesterday? And, by the way, how does missing traditional American culture and norms make one a racist?
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