Charles Blow sits down with The Root’s Michael Harriot to talk about spelling phenom Zaila Avant-garde, who made history on Thursday by becoming the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
In addition to spelling her way into the history books, Zaila is a basketball prodigy, holding three Guinness World Records in dribbling, bouncing and juggling basketball.
Harriot and Blow also talk about the historical and racial history of the national spelling bee.
All this and more on “Prime.”
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