http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/16/showbi...html?hpt=hp_c4
Quote:
(CNN) -- No sooner had the tiara been placed atop her head than a barrage of racist tweets flooded the Internet.
"If you're #Miss America you should have to be American," said one.
"WHEN WILL A WHITE WOMAN WIN #MISSAMERICA? Ever??!!" screamed another.
Nina Davuluri is American. She just happens to be of Indian descent. In fact, she's the first Indian-American to be crowned Miss America.
"Well they just picked a Muslim for Miss America. That must've made Obama happy. Maybe he had a vote," vented one person.
Not that it bears pointing out, but Davuluri's not a Muslim -- and the president didn't have a vote.
The 24-year-old Davuluri, who's from Syracuse, competed on a platform of "Celebrating Diversity through Cultural Competency." For the talent portion, she performed a classical Indian dance fused with Bollywood moves.
"The liberal Miss America judges won't say this - but Miss Kansas lost because she actually represented American values.
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collection of troubling twitters are here:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthi...american-woman
I love twitter as a means to get news/info/opinion from the main sources, but it's become a indicative measure of just how perverse our society has really become, and level of flat out "stupid" that is out there.