Sadly, that is what happened on social media when the beautiful Nina Davuluri won the title of Miss America on Sunday night.
Nina, a native New Yorker, is the first Indian-American to be crowned Miss America. Throughout the pageant, Nina showed the pride she has in her heritage. Her talent was a classic Bollywood dance and her platform was "celebrating diversity through cultural competency". But no sooner did the crown hit her head than social media blew up with terrible and racist comments. I am not going to even give these tweets and posts the notoriety of being quoted in this blog. The ignorance and blatantly racist stereotypes were disgusting; people linking her to terrorist groups, calling her not "really American" and making derogatory statements about belonging in 7-11.
I am proud of Miss America and wish Nina all the best and hope she takes the high road in dealing with these types of comments. And I think it's about time that people stop hiding behind their computer screens and typing hateful comments about others. We need a little more love and beauty in this world, and a LOT less vitriol spread over social media.
Were you watching Sunday? What were your thoughts?
Nina, a native New Yorker, is the first Indian-American to be crowned Miss America. Throughout the pageant, Nina showed the pride she has in her heritage. Her talent was a classic Bollywood dance and her platform was "celebrating diversity through cultural competency". But no sooner did the crown hit her head than social media blew up with terrible and racist comments. I am not going to even give these tweets and posts the notoriety of being quoted in this blog. The ignorance and blatantly racist stereotypes were disgusting; people linking her to terrorist groups, calling her not "really American" and making derogatory statements about belonging in 7-11.
I am proud of Miss America and wish Nina all the best and hope she takes the high road in dealing with these types of comments. And I think it's about time that people stop hiding behind their computer screens and typing hateful comments about others. We need a little more love and beauty in this world, and a LOT less vitriol spread over social media.
Were you watching Sunday? What were your thoughts?
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