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Miss White America Pageant Comes Under FireMiss White America Pageant Comes Under Fire The Miss White America Beauty Pageant has come under criticism because it is felt that is too racist and unfair to Hispanic, black, native American and Asian women to exclude them from the competition. Peter Liberal, who is a leading activist in anything that will mean people will listen to him, and is white himself, said "This is just wrong. Once again the whites of America are excluding fellow American's because of race. It is disgusting and I demand a boycott." The Miss White America pageant is a competition for young White American women in areas such as speech, talent, style, and poise - essentially the white version of the popular Miss America pageant, which is open to all. "Scandalous" stormed the Reverend Al Sharpton "I demand that this competition be scrapped. It is quite clearly racist." Organizer Baker Leavitt is considering scrapping the show. "It was meant to be the opening show for the new White Entertainment Television Channel (WET) and was to coincide with White History month - I didn't realize that this would cause so much controversy." thebeaver's blog | login to post comments |