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Episode 4-Zaila Avant-garde; Spelling Bee Champion. What every parent should know
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Today’s show will celebrate the accomplishments and discuss the challenges of 14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde, winner of the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Zalia made history on July 8th, 2021, as the first African-American to be the recognized winner of this prestigious award. Over 230,000 people watch the competitive and highly coveted spelling bee live on ESPN2. As a native of Harvey, La., Avant-garde just entered the world of competitive spelling two years ago. Unbelievably, that short period of time prepared her to win and take home $50,000 for correctly spelling murraya (mu-ree-ya), a type of tropical tree.
In this episode we explore why Zaila is our first African American Spelling Bee Winner. And, the fact that the absence of faces that look like hers in the world of competitive spelling isn’t because Black kids don’t want to spell. It takes resources to be competitive, and in a country where the median household incomes for Black and Hispanic families is tens of thousands of dollars lower than those for Asian and white families, some kids are at a disadvantage. Simply, Scribbs Spelling Bee is accessible to those in a certain class.
Also, we examine in Keeping it Real, the hidden stories that Zaila wasn’t the first Black to win the spelling bee.
Tune in to here a lively discussion on these topics.
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