Sebastien De La Cruz
De La Cruz drew plenty of racism from anti-immigrants on Twitter for singing the American anthem during the NBA finals.
By H. Nelson Goodson
June 12, 2013
San Antonio, Texas - On Tuesday, numerous anti-immigrants flooded Twitter with racist comments about Mexican-American Sebastien De La Cruz, 10, of San Antonio who is known as the Golden Charro for his Mariachi voice. De La Cruz sang the American anthem at Game 3 between the Spurs-Heat NBA finals.
Shortly after, anti-immigrants began to twit that he was undocumented, was a Mexican national and other racist comments that went viral on Twitter. Unfortunately, those making racist and derogatory comments about De La Cruz didn't know he is a proud native of San Antonio or they just made racist remarks for being a Hispanic.
The anti-immigrants seemed to lack any knowledge of their southern American history. Texas used to be part of Mexico from 1821 to 1836, it became a Republic until 1845 when it became part of the U.S. All Mexican nationals living in Texas became U.S. citizens and those of Mexican decent have strong roots to Mexico and its culture.
De La Cruz has become a singing sensation for singing Mariachi music, which is very traditional in the Mexican culture.
De La Cruz sings American anthem video
De La Cruz sings American anthem video
