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Zaila Avant-garde – 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champ – stands where Black children were once kept out
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Shalini Shankar is the author of Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal About Generation Z s New Path to Success and a professor of anthropology and Asian American studies at Northwestern University. The views expressed here are the author s. Read more opinion on CNN. (CNN)The National Spelling Bee, canceled in 2020 because of Covid-19, returned in 2021 with the live prime time finals on Thursday, July 8. This iconic American contest drew particular attention in 2019 because it ended in an eight-way tie.
The remarkable 14-year old Zaila Avant-garde is the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. Living up to her surname, Avant-garde is the holder of three Guinness world records for basketball dribbling; she can add a fourth record to her name as the first Black American National Spelling Bee champion, and a fifth for being the first winner from Louisiana.
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Editor s note: When Zaila Avant-garde, 14, won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee on July 8, she became the first Black American to win in the competition s history. Shalini Shankar, a scholar of spelling bees, breaks down the importance of this historical moment.
Q: Why is it news that an African American won this championship?
A: It s significant because not so long ago, Black children would have faced a lot of obstacles just to compete in this spelling bee.
In fact, Black children were routinely sidelined from participating on the national stage until well after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Even after schools were ordered to racially integrate in the late 1950s, spelling bees were largely all-white affairs, thanks to regional organizers who routinely found ways to keep interested Black children from advancing in the contest.
Zaila Avant-garde - 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champ - stands where Black children were once kept out
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(THE CONVERSATION) When Zaila Avant-garde, 14, won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee on July 8, 2021, she became the first Black American to win in the competition’s history. Shalini Shankar, a scholar of spelling bees, breaks down the importance of this historical moment. Why is it news that an African American won this championship?
It’s significant because not so long ago, Black children would have faced a lot of obstacles just to compete in this spelling bee.
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