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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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To: alexander_busek

“Rocky Rococo”


41 posted on 07/10/2021 7:01:23 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
the 2019 bee ended in an eight-way tie
42 posted on 07/10/2021 7:02:29 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Pigsley

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.”


43 posted on 07/10/2021 7:14:40 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: Organic Panic
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.

Not always.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3974917/posts

44 posted on 07/10/2021 7:20:43 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Robert DeLong
Sounds like the runner-up was also a black female.

More likely South Asian. Indian?

45 posted on 07/10/2021 7:27:02 AM PDT by semimojo
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To: semimojo

You’re probably right. Sounds Indian from India to me.


46 posted on 07/10/2021 7:32:40 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

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


47 posted on 07/10/2021 8:33:11 AM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi

I was thinking, “For once, it WASN’T someone of Indian descent who won!”.
Way to go, Zaila!


48 posted on 07/10/2021 8:41:18 AM PDT by hoagy62 (DTCM&OTTH)
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To: ifinnegan

“Avant-garde is not a name.
She must have weird parents.”

Her father’s name is Jawara Spacetime.


49 posted on 07/10/2021 9:05:04 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Robert DeLong

“Sounds like the runner-up was also a black female.”

Indian.


50 posted on 07/10/2021 9:11:11 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Pigsley
She's not the first black. There was a girl from Jamaica who won over 20 years ago, also the only non American to ever have won.

Any idea of the who the guy is in the poster over the TV in video about the current winner?


51 posted on 07/10/2021 9:20:18 AM PDT by Theoria
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To: Jyotishi

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.


52 posted on 07/10/2021 9:38:03 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: ifinnegan

Her father’s name is Jawara Spacetime. I’m not kidding.


53 posted on 07/10/2021 10:50:43 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Rummyfan

No wonder they’re such good spellers, they had to go through the dictionary to find their names.


54 posted on 07/10/2021 10:51:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Rummyfan

“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.


55 posted on 07/10/2021 11:33:47 PM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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