Any idea of the who the guy is in the poster over the TV in video about the current winner?
Posted on 07/10/2021 12:30:25 AM PDT by Jyotishi
Zaila Avant-garde is the new national spelling bee champion, but it's not the first time she's been on top of the world at something.
The 14-year-old from New Orleans was named the winner of the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, spelling words such as "querimonious," "ancistroid," "solidungulate." It was "Murraya," a genus of flowering citrus plants in Asia, that won Avant-garde the competition after runner-up Chaitra Thummala misspelled "neroli oil" in the 17th round.
13-year-old Zaila Avant-garde of Louisiana is your 93rd Scripps National #SpellingBee champion ‼️
The first African-American winner of the competition 👏 pic.twitter.com/y2Y5dAGcVN
— ESPN (@espn) July 9, 2021
Avant-garde becomes the first African-American winner in the 93-year history of the storied competition, and just the second Black champion overall. Jody-Anne Maxwell of Jamaica won the event in 1998, still the only winner from outside the United States.
Zaila Avant-garde can hoop As the Associated Press documented heading into the event, Avant-garde didn't start spelling competitively until she was 12 years old. Instead, the focus has been on basketball.
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“Rocky Rococo”
That’s all that matters. Even in the local propaganda paper hear they have one story about someone accomplishing something average and it is always about a black person. “Girl gets scholarships for ivy league schools.” “Man surprises son at baseball game.” “Student makes sandwiches for homeless.”
Not always.
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More likely South Asian. Indian?
You’re probably right. Sounds Indian from India to me.
She’s an Indian-American.
“Since 2008, a South Asian American child has been named a champion at every Scripps National Spelling Bee.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/03/style/spelling-bee-south-asian-americans.html
I was thinking, “For once, it WASN’T someone of Indian descent who won!”.
Way to go, Zaila!
“Avant-garde is not a name.
She must have weird parents.”
Her father’s name is Jawara Spacetime.
“Sounds like the runner-up was also a black female.”
Indian.
Any idea of the who the guy is in the poster over the TV in video about the current winner?
Congratulations to this talented young lady!
A great thing about homeschooling is that you can finish your studies quickly, without spending so much time sitting in classrooms, and then you have more time to focus on what interests you, in Zaila’s case basketball and spelling.
Her father’s name is Jawara Spacetime. I’m not kidding.
No wonder they’re such good spellers, they had to go through the dictionary to find their names.
“Her father’s name is Jawara Spacetime. I’m not kidding.”
Funny.
I will say his reason is ok with me. It’s not political crap.
It’s eccentric.
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