After singing the National Anthem before Game 3 of the NBA Finals Tuesday night, some people on Twitter unleashed racist rants toward 11-year-old Sebastien De La Cruz, bashing the San Antonio native for his Mexican-American heritage and his Mariachi outfit. (http://wfts.tv/195TE5F) Tweets began to disappear one by one when the Mexican-American was asked to come back to Game 4 of the NBA Finals Thursday night for an encore.
When asked about the racist rants against him, Sebastien responded:
"I knew that one day when I sing that people were going to judge me," he told Fox San Antonio. "That's why over the time I've grown, I've learned that you don't really care what people say about you, it's what you think about yourself." He went on saying "My father was actually in the Navy for a pretty long time and I actually salute him today for that. People don't know, they just assume, that I'm just Mexican, but I'm not from Mexico. I'm from San Antonio, born and raised -- a true Spurs fan."
It should not matter what one's heritage is. Here is a boy singing his heart out, proud to be an American because, yes, he was born in America, but why should it matter if he is Mexican, Black, White or Indian? We are all the same on the inside! Everybody is entitled to their own opinions, but sometimes it can go way too far!
Check out Sebastien's response to the racist tweets and his performance at Game 4 of the NBA Finals...
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