Keeping up with the age-old tradition, yet another Indian has won the American National Bee.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet 12-year-old Ananya Vinay, the winner of 2017’s National Spelling Bee contest.
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Ananya slogged through the 12-hour long competition and finally won it by correctly spelling the word ‘marocain’; a dress fabric made of silk or wool or both.
She took home a $40,000 cash prize and was invited to CNN.
Where she was asked to spell the toughest word ever!
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Because hey, don’t claim to be a fan of words till you know this word.
The anchor also seemed to believe that just because Ananya was of Indian origin, she’d only be ‘familiar with Sanskrit’.
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Soon after the clip was posted by stand-up comic Jeremy McLellan, it evoked some sharp responses from Twitterati.
Reinforcing the Sanskrit stereotype on a champion of a Indian origin, really?How progressive @CNN?Ever stepped outside the USA for #Covfefe?
— Monica Jasuja (@jasuja) June 4, 2017
Wow, that’s so creepy. Fucking CNN. Institutional racism in your face. https://t.co/WmtSiAviVZ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 4, 2017
@CNN this is shameful
— Tanay Jaipuria (@tanayj) June 4, 2017
Even Silicon Valley star Kumail Nanjiani came out in support of Ananya.
Sanskrit? No she’s used to using English, in which she can spell every word. https://t.co/Vr2lDZQhxg
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) June 4, 2017
Check out the clip right here.
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. pic.twitter.com/Qirb8CpBV9
— Jeremy McLellan (@JeremyMcLellan) June 3, 2017