Zaila Avant-garde is the first Black American student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee
The champion of the national spelling bee this year is a young woman (in 8th grade, I presume) an African American, the first ever to be the national champion. I have confidence there will be many more. There are many languages around the world, and many of them use alphabets. Of all the languages that use alphabets, English is the one which requires students to study spelling up through 8th grade. It's because our spelling is more complex and inconsistent than in any other language. Many successful people never become good spellers, but that doesn't mean being good at spelling is useless. You will find it to be useful to become as proficient at spelling as you can, even though many find it hard, and no one can possibly be perfect at it. NY Times Story, July 8, 2021