Indian-Americans’ spelling bee win draws racial remarks...

The historic win by two Indian-American students at the prestigious national spelling bee contest today drew some flak on the social media with many making racial innuendos about children of Indian-origin having an unbeaten track record at the annual contest.

Sriram Hathwar, 14 and Ansun Sujoe, 13, created history by winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the first time in 52 years that two participants have won the contest.

The two clinched the title after a thrilling final in which they almost exhausted the 25 designated words.

This was the seventh consecutive year that Indian- American students have retained the spelling bee title, a trend that was started by Sameer Mishra who won the contest in 2008.

 The win by the two youngsters has however led to some US audience making racial comments about how only Indians have been winning the spelling bee for some years now. Full story...

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