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  • Spelling Bee youth gone through to the finals. Should

    be on ESPN2 later tonight.

    "‎It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men" - Frederick Douglass

  • #2
    Originally posted by Islandman View Post
    be on ESPN2 later tonight.

    I see that. Hmm, The Rule Committees will be meeting soon put prevent you Jamaicans from reaching the finals! Enough of these Jamaican winning everything.
    The same type of thinking that created a problem cannot be used to solve the problem.

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    • #3
      Time,here you are considered to be fully Jamaican,and it is well deserved.

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      • #4
        Good showing by Tajaun. He did well.

        So, the names of the top three finishers were:

        Sriram Hathwar,
        Ansun Sujoe and
        Gokul Venkatachalam
        "‎It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men" - Frederick Douglass

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        • #5
          And the response, unsurprisingly was this.

          For the first time in more than 50 years, two young wordsmiths were declared co-champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. However, some on social media seemed more preoccupied with their heritage than their way with words.
          Sriram Hathwar, 14, of Painted Post, N.Y., and Ansun Sujoe, 13, of Fort Worth, Tex., shared the win after almost exhausting the 25 designated words in the final round.
          Both boys are Indian American. In fact, the past eight winners and 13 of the past 17 have been of Indian descent, a run that began in 1999, the Associated Press reported.
          The fact was seemingly too much for some on social media — who tweeted, for example, “Where are our American kids?”
          http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/m...m_national_pop
          "‎It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men" - Frederick Douglass

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Islandman View Post
            And the response, unsurprisingly was this.



            http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/m...m_national_pop

            Hmm. If they were born in the USA then the rules committee can't fix it.
            The same type of thinking that created a problem cannot be used to solve the problem.

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            • #7
              Indians are anthropologically caucasian, but in laypeople's language it just means "white". Example of more ignorance.
              Peter R

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