Note: Sebastien has responded to the hateful tweets, and we’ve included his response at the bottom of this post. Make sure not to miss it.
This is 10-year old singer Sebastien De La Cruz. You may remember him from the last season of ‘America’s Got Talent,’ where he was one of those kids/old people/ugly people AGT moments where the judges are all, “pffft, f**k this person,” then get all teary-eyed and clappy when the person they judged by their cover has a magical voice. I feel like ‘America’s Got Talent’ does that three times per episode.
Anyway, Sebastien, as we mentioned, has a magical voice. He sang the Star-Spangled Banner before Game 3 of the NBA Finals in San Antonio (the one the Spurs dominated with record-breaking efficiency) and did a great job. Then, The Internet happened.
Via Public Shaming:
Unfortunately, this was just the beginning. I can see how a Hispanic kid wearing decorative national clothing instead of a trucker hat and sunglasses might throw some people off, but here are a few facts to remember as you read a sampling of hateful tweets, all via Public Shaming.
1. Sebastien De La Cruz is from San Antonio.
2. He is Mexican-American.
3. It is not a crime for people from other countries to sing our national anthem, ignoring the fact that this kid is from Texas, which is in the United States.
4. HE IS 10 YEARS OLD.
ENJOY.
This is America, dammit.
You can check out the rest here (there are a lot of them), or, I don’t know, live the rest of your life pretending people like this don’t exist. Sorry, Sebastien.
Update: Here’s Sebastien’s response. Perfect.
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Goddamn you Zeb Coulter!
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My first thought upon seeing this was that Zeb hacked into their accounts.
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I guaran-fuckin-tee that 9 out of 10 of these ignorant twatters couldn’t get the words right to the National Anthem even if you spotted them the first two-thirds of the stanza!
This, oh sweet shit this all day long.
And they probably wouldn’t know San Antonio was, you know, part of Mexico not too long ago.
a pretty long time ago
True that brother
… … … Ugh. :(
Cough.
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Obviously none of these people have ever been to San Antonio.
but he’s so cute in his handsome little outfit ): ): ): hate makes me sad.
Look at the turbo-douches who are making the comments.
1. Thomas DeStefano
Dude, your fucking name is Italian. Your family immigrated here at some point. Smarten the fuck up.
2. Tia Ermana Jordan
You are black. Black people have been the subject of oppression and racial hatred for hundreds of years. Are you fucking seriously hating on this kid because he’s a visible minority?! Smarten the fuck up.
3. Francois
You are black. And your name is fucking French. What the fuck are you thinking spewing venom at a poor little Mexican-America kid?! Smarten the fuck up.
And the rest of these motherfuckers are just flat-out ignorant and it’s a safe bet wouldn’t dare say this type of shit in person.
Yay for equality. Everyone can be horrible racists.
Everything sounds so much better with a “Smarten the fuck up!” at the end of it. I’m going to start using it.
Amen to you brother
I agree with you
Thanks Brandon for providing me with my weekly reminder that people sometimes really suck. I thought this was America, that place where everyone from everywhere can be an American, not ‘Murrica, where a lot of people are bigoted idiots.
They are just mad because a Hispanic Boy can sing better than any of these ingnorant PPL and so Racist they really need God in them May God have mercy of all these ppl hating ..
I am with you
People are so stupid.
So what if he’s a Hispanic. America was brought up to be a land of equality for all races, so a Hispanic singing the US National Anthem is a perfect example of why our country is the land of the free. Also, why didn’t anyone make a big deal about the girl that sang a wrong word. She’s not Hispanic and she got the words wrong. Isn’t that sad that a Hispanic has more pride in being an American than the girl who can’t even get the words right who is an Anglo. Think about that! Race means nothing. If you’re proud to be an American they should have every right to be able to show it. I don’t know about y’all but he was amazing and all the racist people should just shut their faces.
You could not have said it better …God bless !!
RACISTS OUT OF the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. RACISTS HATE YOUR MOTHER FOR BEING BORN ** WITH OUT OF BRAIN
phew i’m glad it wasn’t just white people saying it, i’d call that the worst kind of progress.
“If your phone is smarter than you are, you might be a dumbfuck who should stay off Twitter.”
/Foxworthy’d
That’s an awesome answer by Sebastien. After all the shitty tweets displayed everywhere it warms the heart to see something so nice.
typical heat fan
Agree
Don’t Canadians try to sing the Star-Spangled Banner with disastrous results at like every Hockey game? Since when are we more tolerant of Canadians than Mexicans? Nobody goes to Canada for Spring Break. Also, why doesn’t J-Lo get this response every time she tries to sing?
Why of course there’s a guy who has a twitter handle named the Great White. I bet it’s a tribute to another guy who goes by that nickname and has the urge to shit taco bell on Mexicans’ cars.
That’s RIGHT
I’ve loved this kid since he was on AGT (Yeah, so what? -Oldest Living Glomo)
IF RACIST AMERICAN DOGS BARK IS BECAUSE WE ARE WALKING, PERIOD.
This sickens me how an african american forgot that she was black and had the nerve to comment on the page. Second I wish I can see all the idots who talked all this mess! Stand all together holding hsnds and sing the star Spangle , I bet they dont remember the words… oh by the way san antonio belongs to texas aka use to be Mexico befor 1846…
Ok. None of these haters are Indians so none of them are true Americans….get educated!!!
I’ve seen “Americans” mumble parts of the national anthem at baseball games.. this kid at least
got all the worlds right.
Agreed. And by the way, just so everyone is clear…..he is American. He was born and raised in SA.
Well if some people dont want immagrants sining the N A… Y dont they say anything about immigrants playing american games?
view this video u fucking racist bastards and maybe u will learn some history [gawker.com]
You should feel proud a “little mexican boy” was able to sing the american anthem better than cute white girls from miami. By the way being mexican doesn’t mean you are illegal and next time you are going to talk get your facts right and look a little smarter….
In reading this and the most negative and hateful statements I have ever read that have been submitted by these so-called Americans. This only demonstrates on how they have been raised and educated in their schools and home environments. Attacking a 10 year old child that has a beautiful voice sing a song that loved by all people. America is based on people that arrived here from other countries, Irish, Italians, Spanish, Polish to make a better life for themselves. Not only this many immigrants came here from their countries. Look at your last names morons; you think you are pure. Some of you have slave names and some of your have your family names; your ancestors are not from America. They arrived here from their country. You discriminate a child for demonstrating his voice and singing a song, just a song with words; however, this demonstrates the hate in the United States towards other cultures that are different, speak different and wear different clothes. Huh…. interesting, he’s human just like all of you and is no different. Thus far, he was the best voice I have ever heard sing this song at such an early age in life. I am positive you eat their food too. Hypocrites, but, what can we expect from la ignorancia de la jente que se criaron a qui y son racistas. Ignorance, but, that comes from their own upbringing in life.
Thank you for your message THIS is TRUE
Thomas DeStefano thank god you are not Mexican you racists piece of dog shit…zac doc stfu u KKK bastard…Blake Jackson Warner your entire family needs to go to hell piece of shit…Dalton Gingell he is Mexican AMERICAN you retarded monkey…Tia Ermana Jordan he was born in SA so that doesn’t make him an illegal immigrant retard but then again your kind are the stupidest in America…Steven David listen you stupid fuck did you see him do the Mexican hat dance no you didn’t redneck asshole…Grace Kelly blonde bimbo piece of dog shit he is Mexican AMERICAN you racist fat cunt…TJ THA DJ listen MOOK once again he was born IN SA lol remember kids don’t do drugs or you will turn out like this pathetic so called DJ douche bag…The Great White really piece of shit that’s ur name lol more like the great piece of shit go fuck yourself you ginny bastard…Ben Koeck you white piece of trash because he is Mexican AMERICAN that’s why he sang the national anthem lol another retarded that rode the small bus…Francois how do you know he snuck into the country you fucken monkey shouldn’t you be at the welfare line to get your block of cheese you typical black bastard…The Mayor ur national anthem lol if you say so hillbilly piece of shit this the 30 year old virgin that still lives with his parents lol go fuck ur duck mook lover…Jay he singing it because he is way better than anyone in the country u worthless faggot…Destin White your destin in been a piece of shit and the world has come in having a lot of retards like ALL OF YOU…Will Zix you epic fail piece of pig shit I curse your race and shit on them lol
Sebastien De La Cruz you made all Mexican Americans PROUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you sang the national anthem better than anyone ive heard before. All these pathetic assholes are just jealous of you because they don’t even have one ounce of talent that you have. Don’t listen to them my little brother just continue living and hopefully u will make it as an AWESOME SINGER. Its really sad that ppl like these douche bags even call themselves AMERICANS. I am so proud of you Sebastian. Lead the way and show all these worthless scumbags how a TRUE AMERICAN should act.
SEBASTIEN DE LA CRUZ ALL STATE OF CALIFORNIA WE ARE PROUD OF YOU.
The epitome of the “pot calling the kettle black” in these tweets…”DeStefano”, now theres a good ole American name. “Gringle & Koeck..more of the same. Then a black “DJ” that im willing to bet refers to himself as “African/American”, same for Queen Tia. You too Francois. Time to step back and take a long look in the mirror of where you, your parents or grand parents came from. Bigots.
Perfect example of Heat fans taking out their hatred of the Spurs on this poor kid. The comments were distasteful and obviously from uneducated individuals, with little or no self esteem. I would much rather Sebastian represent America than any of these poor excuse of “Americans” who made these posts. Glad they were called out. They deserved it. And btw, all accounts were taken down by either the owner in embarrassment or the twitter Gods! Gotta love it!!
NOW EVERYBODY IN THE USA. to know who is SEBASTIEN D LA CRUZ. a HERO who NEVER GIVE UP.
Also, not that it matters, but Darius Rucker was scheduled to sing and got caught up in a horrible traffic jam that also caused Tim and Tony to be late. Sebastian filled in at THE last minute. What a guy! And this is what HE and the City of San Antonio gets? So glad the Heat got their ASSES handed to them!!! Go Spurs Go!!!
RIGHT ON
Last time I checked everyone in this Country minus the Native Americans came from some place else. Why are people so Stupid in this Country?
UNITED STATES OF THE AMERICA was establized by IMMIGRANTS FROM around the world
Wake up Latinos America Hates you, they would kill You if they had the chance White America and black America would slit your throat if given a chance Italians are white, all day especially Mexican Americans. They sit with a gun and a bible and call us invaders aliens,scum and sub-humane, wake -up.
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all you racist bitches go eat a dick.
If you’re gonna create a new profile just to leave this single comment, at least go further with it. Tell the racist bitches to eat a BLACK dick.
It’s sad how these classless low IQ cowards, need to hide behind a computer to spew their venom ! but i get it…they are all a bunch of fucking no life virgin losers who probably still live at home with mommy and daddy, or they’re fuckin leeches living off welfare, and will never be anybody in life…and they know it…so they hate this child, because they see all the talent and potential he has..and they know that by the time this kid is 18..he will more than likely be a millionaire with a huge recording contract deal and with #1 hit records on the radio !…and they will still be living with mommy and daddy, still living off welfare, and still having to look at that worthless piece of human shit staring back at them in the mirror of their parents rest room every morning…..fucking pathetic !
I AGREE WITH YOU
Bill the Butcher would be so proud.. Man I hate people.
Good for the kid and the Spurs. He should sing it every game.
In response to the twitter comments, this is exactly why employers want to look at your social media. I would never want my company to associate with these people.
Negative people make .Sebastien de LA Cruz STRONGER
A country that was born and grew thanks to immigration because I remember that without immigration EEUU would be still today a big Indian reserve
I’m surprised that black people express racist comments when they suffered racism in the U.S. (still today) and when they all are descendants of African slaves and they are offending a poor child born in the U.S. due to skin color….they should look more in the mirror!
I agree with your comment
They got this kid to sing at the last minute after Darius Rucker cancelled.
Would everyone have had this kind of reaction to Darius Rucker?
As said before, Smarten The Fuck Up America
So out of sheer morbid curiosity, I decided to go look at most of these people’s twitter accounts. Almost all of them no longer exist, which means that for every one of these idiots, there were plenty more decent people blowing up there accounts and calling them fucking idiots. Warms my heart a little bit. (I am however disappointed I didn’t get to see some of the backpedaling and groveling before they delete the account, I love that stuff. “The Great White” is still active and it’s pretty hilarious. And I quote: “I am sorry for the racist comment I recently posted during the nba finals game. Due to the comments, I have changed my views.” Sure you have, fucker, sure you have.
First, there is no such thing as a Mexican-American. Hyphenated racial designations do not exist. Either he is Mexican or he is American. He is not both.
Second, the singing was okay. Better than some high-paid performers. I didn’t care for the performance but that is just my ears.
Third, who cares how he dressed. He didn’t arrive in baggy pants with half his underwear showing.
I am a proud American and do not recognize hyphenated American designations. Those designations are insulting and try to divide us as a country.
This whole thing is a really pointless discussion – he was a last minute fill in.
Nuestro traje de mariachi representa ser mexicano y es un orgullo lastima que cante el himno nacional de US adelante sebastian solo recuerda que traes nuestro representativo traje y cantas un himno donde abunda el racismo ,en un país donde todos los que están allí llegaron como emigrantes a sacar a los nativos americanos , los cuales tiene mas derecho a estar allí que cualquier yankee. en mexico tenemos mas huevos que cualquier GRINGO NEGRO AMARILLO O SAJON ESTUPIDO ENTRE OTROS NAZIS
Sebastien de LA Cruz. YOU’RE ***** STAR SINGER***** and we all are PROUD OF YOU. keep going and going. with your music NEVER GIVE UP. and don’t worry about those IGNORANTS and RACISTS people there negative words.is MAKE YOU STRONGER. ..we love your talent for been REPRESENTING OUR MEXICAN CULTURE. YOU’RE A HERO. God bless you. :)
LOS RACISTAS BLANCOS Y NEGROS QUE. COMENTARON MAL EN CONTRA DE Sebastien de LA Cruz. Fueron genre sin principios sin educacion. tal vez maleantes que no tienen en que caerse MUERTOS. Pero a todos esos RACISTAS LOS INVITO a SINALOA para que vean y encuentren LA horma de sus zapatos Y NO APROVECHANDOCE DE UN NINO DE 10 ANOS. QUE POCA MADRE. RACISTAS VALLANCE CHIN-A SU:MATTER.. y antes de hacer un comentario racista preguntele a su mama de donde vino YA
THIS message IS FOR all the RACISTS people who has been sent via INTERNET. RACIAL discrimination against the 10 years old SEBASTIEN D LA CRUZ.
FIRST QUESTION. WHY YOUR MOTHER CELEBRATED THE THANKS GIVEN DAY.
ANSWER because you’re On IMMIGRANT too.
I saw black people posting Racist acts against the little kid. BEFORE you used racial discrimination look on the White first. Because the black people were SLAVES FROM the WHITE. But thanks to MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. THE black community has a freedom.
Some of WHITE PEOPLE THEY’RE ARE THINKING THAT THEY have CONTROLLED THE HISPANICS. but they are WRONG. RACIST BEFORE YOU POST RACIAL profiling LOOK ON the MIRROR.. and ask your self WHERE you COMING FROM.
De Stefano. piece of shit you welcome TO MY COUNTRY I WANT TO TEACH YOU HOW TO RESPECT A Little Kid my state of SINALIA city of MAZATLAN