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Zaila Avant-garde becomes first African-American champion at National Spelling Bee
Yahoo Sports ^
| July 8, 2021
| Jack Baer
Posted on 07/10/2021 12:30:25 AM PDT by Jyotishi
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posted on
07/10/2021 12:30:25 AM PDT
by
Jyotishi
To: Jyotishi
But she would’ve won even better if it weren’t for all that systemic racism.
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posted on
07/10/2021 12:34:55 AM PDT
by
FLvoter
To: Jyotishi
I’m sorry, i’m told now by “academic” libtards that demanding proper spelling is racist and acting white...
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posted on
07/10/2021 12:36:50 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Jyotishi
I feel badly for her. She rightfully won and now will only be known for being the first black.
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posted on
07/10/2021 12:37:47 AM PDT
by
Pigsley
To: Jyotishi
Soon spelling bees will consist of spelling the first names of African Americans.
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posted on
07/10/2021 12:43:08 AM PDT
by
Mr. Blond
To: Jyotishi
Avant-garde is not a name.
She must have weird parents.
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posted on
07/10/2021 12:46:17 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Pigsley
I feel badly for her. She rightfully won and now will only be known for being the first black.
I'd feel even worse for her if Gropey-Joe decided to meet to congratulate her...
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posted on
07/10/2021 12:48:48 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
To: ifinnegan
She must have weird parents.Ancestors, actually, as that's her surname.
Haitian, I'd venture.
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posted on
07/10/2021 12:52:16 AM PDT
by
stormhill
To: stormhill
It’s not a name. Not a last name.
It’s a modern phrase describing a type of art.
So I looked it up just now. Indeed her Dad changed his last name to this in homage to John Coltrane, the avant-garde jazz musician.
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posted on
07/10/2021 1:02:16 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: FLvoter
But she would’ve won even better if it weren’t for all that systemic racism.You took the words right out of my mouth. GMTA
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posted on
07/10/2021 1:09:48 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(Air Force ATC, Retired. Father of US Air Force commissioned officer, and trained combat pilot )
To: Mr. Blond
Soon spelling bees will consist of spelling the first names of African Americans.No one will get above a 50% on that.
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posted on
07/10/2021 1:16:47 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(Air Force ATC, Retired. Father of US Air Force commissioned officer, and trained combat pilot )
To: Mr. Blond
I woke up my wife laughing at that. Well done.
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posted on
07/10/2021 2:02:34 AM PDT
by
Laslo Fripp
(The Sybil of Free Republic)
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posted on
07/10/2021 2:18:58 AM PDT
by
Jyotishi
(Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
To: Jyotishi
So in other words, they made it harder.
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posted on
07/10/2021 2:23:21 AM PDT
by
MD Expat in PA
(No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
To: Jyotishi
Black people who grow up in Louisiana have no chance of ever being successful at anything. Not only are they systemically oppressed by white supremacists, but they’re educated in some backwater red state where the residents are so stupid they don’t want to get government RNA injections.
Do I have it about right?
To: ifinnegan
Indeed her Dad changed his last name to this in homage to John Coltrane, the avant-garde jazz musician.Changed his surname to "Avante-garde" - from what? "Post-modern?"
Regards,
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posted on
07/10/2021 2:35:41 AM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: alexander_busek
To: ifinnegan
You’re right, that is weird.
To: Jyotishi
Why is it that I can’t find an article indicating which public school she attends?
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posted on
07/10/2021 3:15:42 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: fso301
Deep into an obscure article I found this:
But Zaila, who is home-schooled, claims to have it figured out.
And here I was, being told that home schooled kids don't receive a proper education... sure, she may be the best speller in the country, but I bet she knows nothing about CRT and how she's unable to achieve because of white people.
https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/2021/07/national-spelling-bee-will-crown-a-winner-thursday-night-meet-zaila-avant-garde-a-speller-and-basketball-star.html
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