Miss America flaws extend beyond recent racism
I think it would be fair to say that the annual Miss America pageant is considered to be one of the most important national events by our campus community. This year, however, there is a reason to open up campus interest and dialogue on the pageant—or rather the problems that have stemmed from it. Last week, 24-year-old Fayetteville, N.Y. native Nina Davuluri was crowned Miss America, and became the first Indian-American woman to have ever received the title. “As NPR’s ‘Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me’ said earlier, ‘ everyone is...