Miss America in Black and White

Last Saturday night, I spent two hours planted on the#MissVirginia!!! hahaha... #Obama wins and now a
couch, in my robe, under a blanket, eating chips andBlack Girl won MISS AMERICA!!!
trying to convince myself to get motivated enough to@xxxxxx really? Kewl Beans!!!lol first a black
look like the girls I was watching in the Miss Americapresident, now a black #MissAmerica...we runnin' this
pageant (put the chips away, Jen).country now...lmao
Just so you know, Miss West Virginia didn't even makeNow, substitute the words "black" for "white" and what
the first cut - but that's okay. I wasn't all that impresseddo you get? Racism.
- if I was being incredibly shallow and judging solely onThis absolutely fires me up. Why is it okay for one
appearance. (Isn't that what pageants really arerace to have mouth vomit but not okay for another?
anyway?)Let me make this very clear: I do not care that Miss
I watch every year. If I miss it, it's being TiVoed. IAmerica is black, white, purple, pink, tye-dye. Nor do I
remember sitting in front of the oven in the house Icare what color skin our President has. Or the next
grew up in, staring at my reflection, thinking about beingperson. What I do care about, however, is the equality
Miss America. But, apparently you no longer accuratelybull that our country is dealing with. Black people say
represent America when you've been divorced, so mythey want equality for all races. I want equality for all
chances are out. Oh well. I don't want millions of peopleraces. What happens, though, is what you see here:
to see me in a bikini anyway. (Or anyone, for thatacceptance for black people to have black pride, but
matter.)racism if white people have white pride. And I'm tired
You know how when you watch shows like this, thereof it.
are two or three contestants that stick out - that youLet's give equality to everyone! Let's not be allowed to
know the winner is within that little group. Well, I wantedsay anything about any race... or be able to say
Kentucky to win (fourth runner up? You got jipped,anything about any race. Let's give equal opportunity to
honey!). So gorgeous, poised, down-to-earth.all people - not have a black quota to fill in the
Everything Miss America should be.workplace and not give the job to a less qualified
But no, Miss Virginia won. And although she didn't shinewhite person. Let's not make it acceptable for black
to me at all, it wasn't my choice. Congratulations, Misspeople to call one another the N word while it's
Virginia!unacceptable for anyone else to! FAIRNESS! What
What came after the pageant was over is what gothappened to this being the best country in the world?
me all riled up, though.I know this makes me sound very racist, and quite
I jumped on Twitter to check out what other peoplefrankly, I don't care. Because if Miss Kentucky had
were saying about #missamerica. Here's what I got:won like I had hoped, and I tweeted, "#missamerica is
#missamerica is black! yay her!white! yay her," I'd be in jail today.
RT @xxxxxxxx: RT @xxxxxxx: white people mad..Jesus loves the little children. All the children of the
first the president? now this, AGAIN!? RT @xxxxxxx:world. Red and yellow, black and white, they are
all black everything? lol #missamericaprecious in His sight. Jesus loves the little children of the
RT @xxxxxx: YEAAAA!!! #MissAmerica isworld.