Pageant fans tweet racist insults, and more

Viewers disappointed by the outcome of the Miss America pageant took to Twitter to hurl racist insults at Miss New York.

Pageant fans tweet racist insults

Viewers disappointed by the outcome of this week’s Miss America pageant took to Twitter to hurl racist insults at Miss New York, its newly crowned winner. A deluge of tweets called Nina Davuluri, who is an Indian-American born in the U.S., “an Arab,” “Miss 9/11,” and “a terrorist,” and complained that her coronation was anti-American.

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