americans dominating the competition. the bees first indian american champion who now leads an organization dedicated to getting students in that community to the top of that contest is with us. like if word of that all right. have a great show, victor. thank you very much. let s start right now well, first of all, you can cannot credibly campaign on law and order and claim the justice system is rigged because you don t agree with the jury s verdict. but ahead of his felony sentencing on july 11, former president donald trump is doing just that if they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone these are bad people these are in many cases, i believe sick people where trump and his supporters wrongfully see persecution here. other see accountability. but my first guest today sees karma. raymond santana, along with korey wise and try and mccrae kevin richardson, and yusef salaam were teenagers when they were charged, tried, and convicted, or beating and raping a
a lot of theories about why children from this community performed so well. and it all comes down to practice. so joining me now is blue nitrogen, the first indian american champion of the scripps national spelling bee, and president of the north south foundation. this is a non-profit that conducts academic competitions and programs for students. blue, thank you for being with me and correct me now, if if this is an overstatement but the fascination in the south asian-american community with the spelling bee started with you and you re win in 1985 when reverberated through the us community and south asia, what was it about spelling that really caught on so i think the biggest thing is opportunity because i think people knew that even though we looked different and our last names were much harder that we could succeed even on a stage like this. and our community embraced it beyond my wildest dreams.