This marks another barrier breaking moment in American history when an Indian wins the Miss America 2014 contest. Or, atleast that is how so many Americans viewed it on social media. It also ear marks the fact that bigotry is still alive and well in America even after so many years. For whatever reasons, people seem to automatically assume that if the person is non-white then they must be both muslim, foreign, arab, and possibly even terrorists. This is also the typical manner in which non-whites are profiled in America. Americans in the mainstream often appear to enjoy their stereotypes and still class themselves as one of the most progressive. Enjoying one's freedom does not mean to trample over other peoples' right to the same ideals. Most people forget that almost every American had an ancestry that were migrants to the country. To be an American, often being born there or being nationalized should be enough as the country has always been a melting pot of backgrounds and traditions. One should also question what exactly are American values? Only an American Indian can be classed as a native to the land. What right does anyone else have claim to the land? When the whites invaded America they not only brought hatred against the American Indians and reduced their land ownership but they also reigned in decades of slavery. The American history is not very idyllic and filled with hatred for non-whites from the very beginning of the first settlers. In fact, the history is riddled with embarrassment in the eyes of many Americans that would rather forget and move on. Aside from fact, that the Miss America 2014 winner was born in America, should one really be left with any doubt. Do non-whites not have a right to winning international contests or even the right to live in America? Is being an American only skin deep? Perhaps, one should ask an American Indian such a question.
