LIVE! Spelling bee draws racial remarks as Indian-Americans win

May 30, 2014 21:59

Racist comments flooded Twitter as two Indian-American teens on Friday scripted history by becoming co-champions of the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee. The boys -- Sriram J Hathwar, 14, and Ansun Sujoe, 13 -- made history as they were declared the fourth co-champions in 89 years of the popular spelling bee contest and the first since 1962.

However, not everyone was pleased with the childrens remarkable victory. Some people on social media were outraged at the fact that the finalists of the competition were not Americans. Some took to social media and tweeted, Where are our American kids?Another tweeted, The kids in the spelling bee should only be AMERICAN.

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