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Racism is dead? Not so fast, says the Miss America Pageant!

Last night, Nina Davuluri was crowned the winner of the 2014 Miss America Pageant. She's an Indian-American woman who was born in Syracuse, New York, and is believed to practice Hinduism. What did some lovely commentators have to say about this via Twitter? Oh, just the following: - "9/11 was 4 days ago and she gets miss America?" - Luke Brasili What does an Indian-American woman winning a Miss America Pageant have to do with the 9/11 terrorist attacks? Anything? Anything? Bueller? - "I am literarily soo mad right now a ARAB won #MissAmerica" - Dallas Robinson I'm "literally" so mad that Mr. Robinson can't correctly spell the before-mentioned word. - "How the f**k does a foreigner win miss America? She is a Arab! #idiots" - John Amick I'm quite happy Mr. Amick included the hashtag of idiots, because that's exactly what he is. True or false, Mr. Amick - is the state of New York a state in the United States? I'...