On Thursday, Kathy Zhu, 20, shared an email she received from Miss World America notifying her she was to stop claiming to be part of its events and take down any social media photos in which she’s wearing her sash or tiara.
In the message, Laurie DeJack, director of the Michigan state pageant, wrote that Zhu’s “social media accounts contain offensive, insensitive and inappropriate content” that violates “MWA’s Rules and Conditions, specifically the contestant requirement of ‘being of good character and whose background is not likely to bring into disrepute Miss World America or any person associated with the organization.’”
This is what she posted on line, judge for yourself:
Kathy Zhu @PoliticalKathy
Did you know the majority of black deaths are caused by other blacks? Fix problems within your own community first before blaming others
https://twitter.com/enndelbu/status/917080495250223104 …Kathy Zhu @PoliticalKathy
“There’s a ‘try a hijab on’ booth at my college campus,” she wrote. “So you’re telling me that it’s now just a fashion accessory and not a religious thing? Or are you just trying to get women used to being oppressed under Islam.”
In a CNN interview Monday, Zhu defended both of the posts, claiming that the tweet on black deaths was in response to a user “talking about how all cops are bad people, that they kill innocent black people.”
Does this fact have more to do about her suspension? Zhu serves as the social media director for Chinese Americans for Trump, and, as evident from her Instagram account, she is a supporter of President Donald Trump.
Personally, and not just because of her First Amendment right, I find her comments inspirations to needed debate and are far from offensive in anyway: they are insightful.