# I Am Somewhat Upset Over Two Things (Miss America related)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [September 16, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969 "2013-09-16T13:46:57Z")
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/1 "2013-09-16T13:46:57Z")
So Miss New York won the Miss America pageant, which apparently still exists and is even on TV. Yay, rejoice, pictures with crown, etc. Unfortunately, Miss New York is a darkie, [and we can’t have that](http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/a-lot-of-people-are-very-upset-that-an-indian-american-woman) (link to lots of people tweeting about how a brown person can’t be American, or something).
As noted in the thread title, these tweets bother me for two reasons. Three, actually, but the last one isn’t important.\* The first, obviously, is that _bitches be racists_.
The second is that most of these people apparently believe everyone who is not black, white, East Asian, an Eskimo, or Spanish-speaking must be an Arab. Look, when I was a child racists did things right. They had a strong grasp of geography because you needed one to argue that we didn’t all come from Africa. They pigeonholed us lesser races correctly. Today’s kids don’t know enough to hate properly. It’s just sad.
Apparently, most of them don’t even know where New York is, because “she can’t be Miss America because 9/11”. Tsk.
\*The third reason is that I should have known better than to click on that Buzzfeed link in the first place.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/2 "2013-09-16T14:03:21Z")
Well, at least we know who to hunt down and cull after the Zombie Apocalypse. Those haters will never contribute a thing to society.
eta: I love Twitter. It lets people identify fuckwits before they get a chance to engage their filters and pass as normals.
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### Author:  [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/3 "2013-09-16T14:16:05Z")
Is it too much to ask that racists understand actual national origin and present a cogent, supportable theory of disdain for the object of their ire?
I guess so. I guess so.
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### Author:  [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/4 "2013-09-16T14:26:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> …everyone who is not black, white, East Asian, an Eskimo, or Spanish-speaking must be an Arab.
Some of them are probably Arabs too. Arabs are sneaky.
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### Author:  [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/5 "2013-09-16T14:27:09Z")
So, those yoyos on Twitter are saying they miss America?
Anyway, in case anyone brings it up, Miss Davuluri is as American as anyone, and more so than most:
[Quote=Wikipedia]
Nina was born in Syracuse, New York, but moved to Oklahoma at age four and later to Michigan, where she would go on to attend college. Along with her family, she moved back to the Syracuse suburb of Fayetteville, NY in the mid-2000s, where her father is an obstetrician/gynecologist affiliated with St. Joseph’s Hospital.
[/Quote]
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/6 "2013-09-16T14:29:28Z")
> [@Bricker](#):
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> Is it too much to ask that racists understand actual national origin and present a cogent, supportable theory of disdain for the object of their ire?
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> I guess so. I guess so.
Dude, the people who’s tweets were in that linked article wouldn’t even understand the question you asked; it has too many hard words like “cogent” and “ire” and “supportable”.
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### Author:  [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/7 "2013-09-16T14:32:47Z")
I don’t see what the problem is. Miss America is supposed to be white, blonde, and lantern-jawed, and must belt out a country song and send at least one shout-out to the one true Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. All the other contestants are basically extras in a police lineup.
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/8 "2013-09-16T14:37:43Z")
I suspect I am really only upset at my own ignorance of what Miss America is supposed to be. I bet Nalluri won’t even hold with the time-honored tradition of having her crown taken away after posing for Playboy.
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### Author:  [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/9 "2013-09-16T14:39:44Z")
I bet half those tweets weren’t even actual racists - just trolls trying to get attention.
There used to be some standards to racism.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/10 "2013-09-16T14:43:52Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> I suspect I am really only upset at my own ignorance of what Miss America is supposed to be. I bet Nalluri won’t even hold with the time-honored tradition of having her crown taken away after posing for Playboy.
Which is really a shame. Although Playboy is a bit passé. These days there needs to be a sex tape.
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### Author:  [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/11 "2013-09-16T14:53:41Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> I don’t see what the problem is. Miss America is supposed to be white, blonde, and lantern-jawed, and must belt out a country song and send at least one shout-out to the one true Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. All the other contestants are basically extras in a police lineup.
Also Miss America should be a cheerleader and want World Peace…
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### Author:  [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/12 "2013-09-16T14:53:59Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> Dude, the people who’s tweets were in that linked article wouldn’t even understand the question you asked; it has too many hard words like “cogent” and “ire” and “supportable”.
Which means… the OP is not an American?
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### Author:  [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/13 "2013-09-16T14:55:48Z")
Since I also know better than to click on the Buzzfeed link, what’s her actual ethnic origin?
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/14 "2013-09-16T15:01:01Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#):
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> Since I also know better than to click on the Buzzfeed link, what’s her actual ethnic origin?
Indian (from India).
An Aryan, in other words.😉
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/15 "2013-09-16T15:03:26Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> The second is that most of these people apparently believe everyone who is not black, white, East Asian, an Eskimo, or Spanish-speaking must be an Arab.
> [@Peremensoe](#):
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> Some of them are probably Arabs too. Arabs are sneaky.
Cf. Salma Hayek. Google image search may be necessary to verify.
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### Author:  [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/16 "2013-09-16T15:03:38Z")
Sounds Muslim. I’m against it.
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/17 "2013-09-16T15:04:24Z")
I thought one interesting thing about this was that so many of these redneck types were rooting for the tattooed contestant from Kansas. Then i looked more closely and saw that the tattoo itself was the Serenity Prayer, and it made sense.
You just know that if it had been a more typical tattoo—a butterfly or a tribal insignia or a peace sign or something—then all these same people would have been yelling “tramp” and “whore,” and expressing incredulity that a tattooed woman could be a Miss America contestant.
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/18 "2013-09-16T15:04:50Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#):
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> Sounds Muslim. I’m against it.
I like that this works just as well with my intervening post as without it.
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/19 "2013-09-16T15:04:50Z")
> [@Colibri](#):
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> Indian (from India).
IOW, dots, not feathers.
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### Author:  [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969/20 "2013-09-16T15:11:15Z")
i’d like to see a first… miss merka as a post op.
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