Spelling Bee and American Society

What do ‘Americans’ look like?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/at-the-national-spelling-bee-just-10-top-spellers-remain/2015/05/28/5a28f0a8-0543-11e5-a428-c984eb077d4e_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/indian-americans-dominate-national-spelling-bee-then-slurred-on-internet/2015/05/25/8ec01098-f414-11e4-bcc4-e8141e5eb0c9_story.html

“The domination of the bee by Indian American spellers over the past 15 years has created some backlash, including an ugly outburst of racial insults on social media last year. Paige Kimble, the longtime director of the bee, said that she was approached Thursday and asked whether any “Americans” made it to the finals. “ ‘Yes, they’re all Americans,’ I told them,” Kimble said. “We obviously still have a long way to go.””

By the way, Indian-Americans dominate National Geographic Bee as well:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150513-national-geographic-bee-2015-geography/