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Indian American children have won the Scripps spelling bee for TEN YEARS STRAIGHT. And every year, the next day, they're mocked by adults.

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Jeremy Khan

@JeremyMcLellan

Jun 3, 2017

12-year-old Ananya Vinay won the National Spelling Bee so naturally CNN had her on to spell "covfefe" and say some racist stuff to her.

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1:40 AM · Jun 4, 2017

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You think Ananya's fluent in Sanskrit,

@AlisynCamerota

? Girl is from FRESNO. What are your kids fluent in, their mother tongue of Asshole?

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Go on. Keep teaching your kids to be racist. We'll keep teaching ours to snatch their trophies.

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Ugh. I have no words for how gross that was. I'm from Fresno and her home town is so proud of her. She is amazing.

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Same.

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What do you mean mocked? For being smart?!

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The mockery was mainly mentioning "Sanskrit" toward the end

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this is so gross.

Jean Is Ghostwriting ATM

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Gross as hell, yes

Still ready for the perp walk

@Laurie_J_Evans

Jun 4, 2017

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I hated seeing mentions about her "not smiling", too. Does this ever stop?

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They should pass by the WH. There is a bogus "unpresidented" there who does not know about English grammar.

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Now that "unpresidented" comment was totally uncalled for. You could have said "someone" in the WH but no, you had to be disrespectful.