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Every goddamn year the media disrespects our kids for winning the spelling bee. Every time.

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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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12:52 AM · Jun 4, 2017

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wow, this makes me heated. how dare they??!??

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FUCK THIS SHIT.

Stef @wikisteff@mastodon.social Christensen

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Jun 4, 2017

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America is trained on hate as entertainment.

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The media is awful to them but I must say I get a guilty pleasure in knowing that their racism is not stopping those children from soaring.

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same they will always be where they are whilst these kids will aim high

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would you say your kids are worse at spelling because you've been too busy teaching them racist bullshit? Just asking.

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Other years, they'll just publicly mock the kids' names.

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anildash

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May 29, 2015

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They're kids, still so young. But across America tomorrow, ostensible adults will make "jokes" about their names. Champions deserve better.

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🗣🗣🗣🗣What's her address?!!!! A fckn child!!!

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What in the actual fuck?

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That was my exact thought!