The United States of America is land of milk and honey. Just ask Miss America, Nina Davuluri. For most immigrants this phrase has rung true. It has also galvanised many more in countries like India to head for foreign shores, from Europe, America, to Gulf countries.
While great jobs have been landed and money is being made hand over fist, much of it returning to countries of birth as much-valued remittances, the fact remains that all immigrants remain ‘second-hand’ citizens.
While that may or may not sway would-be migrants, check out the horror story on Twitter of the most recent success story, that of newly-crowned Miss America, Nina Davuluri:
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“And the Arab wins Miss America. Classic,” tweeted @Granvil_Colt and later the tweet was deleted.
@dcraig_1 cause I made a little joke last night about the woman who won Miss America. Now I'm the most hated man in the world.
— POOKIE. (@Granvil_Colt) September 16, 2013
S/O to every racist that made Buzzfeed tonight! #MissAmerica @JPLman95 @savannah_dale97 @sarawhitton @NateBerard @jakeamick5 @Granvil_Colt
— Chelsea Clinton (@kansasdrums) September 16, 2013
Apparently tearing your ACL is more important than serving your country. This pageant is bullshit and I'm done. #MissAmerica
— Princess Problems (@PrincessProbz) September 16, 2013
This world is so ignorant. #MissAmerica Indian or not had every right to gain the title of MissAmerica. This is why I want to leave America!
— CJ Ugbaja (@CJlovebug) September 16, 2013
@ericatessa @NinaDavuluri Good luck to you, America is sinking into a swamp of Liberals like Todd Starnes.
— Frank Kaiser (@fkfkaiser) September 16, 2013
The Nina Davuluri storm was repeated to an extent elsewhere on social media too, but that is another story.
