I think most of these Twitter threads explain exactly why there are very few white kids participating. Fucking idiots.

Also relevant - Hari Kondabolu's KondaBulletin: Spelling Bee Edition

So I guess I'm not an American patriot because I watched the boy spell feuilleton on the news this morning and almost started crying he was so cute. When they shook hands and held the trophy up I was dying.

It's telling that their reaction is to pull high achieving kids of color out of competition with Euro-Americans instead of, oh you know, asking why Euro-American families aren't raising better competitors.

Lee Atwater really explained this strategy very well. At some point, it became politically unpalatable to speak in racial epithets and white supremacy. The code words like "busing" and "affirmative action" and "heritage" and what-not were needed to maintain the viability of the far right post Civil Rights. The…

And, once again, Native Americans roll their fucking eyes so fucking hard, they run the risk of injuring themselves.

Where are our American kids?

The person who posted the first tweet (now deleted, I believe), calls herself a "social media strategist." What strategy was she going for when she posted her tweet? "SAY DUMB RACIST SHIT, CONNECT WITH DUMB RACIST PEOPLE!"?

These racists are so nonsensically racist that I had to read the headline three times to sort out exactly what their beef was.

AN IMPOSTER!!!!!!!!!

These kids are not American? In other words, why aren't there many white males? I will tell you (you being the racist assholes making these stupid assertions) why. When white boys stopped being cuddled and was made to compete with everyone else equally they crashed and burned. That sounds like a fragile superiority…

I was waiting for this.

Back it up.

I'm a straight woman who feels like no one's attracted to me. I "peaked" over ten years ago according to men. At least men don't depreciate like fucking cars. Whyyyy do men think women are never lonely, rejected, ignored?! Is it because the "dime pieces" are literally the only ones on your radars?

Unless you're one of THOSE women with the hips and tits and then even they don't fit.

Being pissed because a stranger puts his lips on your body with out your consent is completely normal, no matter the genders of the parties. I have no clue how Smith feels about same sex relationships on a whole, but I think his reaction can exist with out scrutiny. As a female, I reserve the right to react angrily…

Lol ♪ that's so Gwyneth ♫