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Miss World America Strips Conservative Activist Miss Michigan Title Over Her Refusing to Wear Hijab
Gateway Pundit ^ | July 18, 2019 | Cassandra Fairbanks

Posted on 07/19/2019 7:09:26 AM PDT by rickmichaels

Miss World America has stripped beloved conservative commentator Kathy Zhu of her Miss Michigan title over “insensitive” political tweets and her refusing to wear a hijab during a leftist campus event in 2016.

The heartbroken 20-year-old University of Michigan student posted screenshots of the email and text exchanges that she had with MWA’s State Director Laurie DeJack on Twitter.

In the exchanges, DeJack continuously declared that there was a “problem” without explaining the situation to a clearly increasingly worried Zhu. Eventually, she finally revealed that one of the issues was a tweet in which Zhu declared that the majority of black deaths are caused by other black citizens.

DeJack also sent Zhu an email demanding that she return her crown and sash, as well as remove any mention of having participated in MWA from all of her social media.

The organization also took issue with an incident in which Zhu refused to allow an activist to put a hijab on her head during an event on campus. Zhu responded by saying that “what is ‘insensitive’ is that women in the Middle East are getting STONED TO DEATH for refusing to obey their husband’s orders to wear hijabs. A Muslim woman tried to FORCIBLY put a hijab on my head without my permission. I tweeted about it on my social media, and it got the attention of the media. Almost everyone was supportive of me refusing to be put in that situation.”

Following her refusal to wear the hijab, angry Twitter users had attempted to get the Chinese-American student expelled from her university.

“Are the people in MWA implying that they advocate for the punishment of women who refuse to wear a hijab?” Zhu asked DeJack.

Zhu refused to back down or bow before them throughout her email response.

“I am completely disheartened by this situation. I was so excited to represent the state of Michigan and advocate for ‘don’t be afraid to speak your truth’ as my main statement. For them to take my title away due to right-leaning tweets shows that they only want pageant girls to have brainless statements like ‘world peace’ and not meaningful ideals that would actually make a difference,” Zhu told The Gateway Pundit.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: berkeley; california; islam; kathyzhu; lauriedejack; missmichigan; missworld; rigelrobinson; uofmichigan
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To: Rebelbase

41 posted on 07/19/2019 8:29:50 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: rickmichaels

Miss Israel wouldn’t wear a Nazi Armband. Fire her...


42 posted on 07/19/2019 8:32:05 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Socialism is a gateway Ideology.)
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To: rickmichaels

Hmmm. So would it also be appropriate to force women to wear a fundamentalist polygamist Mormon prairie dress?


43 posted on 07/19/2019 8:35:43 AM PDT by lurk
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To: rickmichaels

Is this where we are? She is being punished for refusing to wear a hijab (a symbol if slavery if you ask me)?


44 posted on 07/19/2019 8:38:33 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: rickmichaels

For later


45 posted on 07/19/2019 8:43:04 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: rickmichaels

One only has to read the Monday morning Chicago Tribune to get the weekend box office scores of murders and shootings to see she was right......


46 posted on 07/19/2019 8:47:38 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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To: rickmichaels

Every Democrat is a violent totalitarian thug.


47 posted on 07/19/2019 8:53:02 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: rickmichaels

If they can force you to wear a hijab for a day, they can force you to wear it for a week, or a year, or your whole life.

This is a question of religious freedom and this pageant has violated this woman’s religious freedom. Sue them.


48 posted on 07/19/2019 8:53:32 AM PDT by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: rickmichaels

Bookmark


49 posted on 07/19/2019 9:46:52 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: I want the USA back

“May these leftists burn in hell.”

I think WE better make their life hell HERE on earth or they’ll do that to us.


50 posted on 07/19/2019 9:50:34 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: aquila48
I think WE better make their life hell HERE on earth or they’ll do that to us.

One would believe that these kooks on the Left and the media lies should help maximize our get out the vote efforts.

51 posted on 07/19/2019 9:55:05 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: rickmichaels

Good for her, I am happy seeing more young people in college like her. I hope this is a trend with our young folks.


52 posted on 07/19/2019 10:22:13 AM PDT by DEPcom
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To: Paul R.

We need to let Ms. DeJack know how we feel. This is from the Miss World USA website:

Laurie.DeJack@gmail.com
(248) 767-8287


53 posted on 07/19/2019 5:09:09 PM PDT by bfkirk
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To: rickmichaels

You have my support, Ms Zhu. Keep fighting and I am still waiting for when the tipping point happens. It is going to be fun...

JoMa


54 posted on 07/19/2019 5:09:14 PM PDT by joma89
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To: rickmichaels

55 posted on 07/20/2019 6:45:10 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: rickmichaels

Schadenfreude!

Oriental woman offends blacks and Moslems!

What will liberals do?

Oh wait, orientals are the lowest on the aggrieved scale, perhaps above women, but definitely lower than blacks and Moslems.


56 posted on 07/24/2019 4:30:10 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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