https://www.nytimes.com/athlet
Might be paywalled- here's the gist:
Article by Jared Weiss. It begins:
"During the San Antonio Spurs’ win over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday, a video of a woman in the crowd sending a message disparaging Hispanic fans went viral. On Saturday, the fans responded.
TikTok user @inluvwganineee posted a video from Thursday’s game showing a woman responding to a message from a person named Chris that said, “A lot of crazy Hispanic fans,” with the response, “All Hispanic! How can they afford it.” "
So loads of San Antonio Spurs fans had t shirts printed with "Crazy Hispanic Fan" for their next game.
The article ends with the words of fan A J Reygadas:
" “One thing I could say for most Mexicans, we don’t take that stuff for personal. We’ll make fun of it. We’ll make the best of it,” Reygadas said. “We’re not going to take it personally, and regardless of whatever she is. She could be White. She could be a Hispanic grandma for all we know. We don’t know. And so I’m glad that no one got her face, because, at the end of the day, that’s someone’s mom, that’s someone’s grandma. She made a mistake and I’m sure that she’s going to regret that even though it didn’t show her face. We’re all San Antonio people, man.
“Do I condone it? No. But at the same time, I’m not going to go and say, ‘Oh, she should lose her job. Oh, she should be condemned.’ We’re San Antonio people, dude. We embrace anybody,” Reygadas continued. “You can say what you need to say, and at the end of the day, we’ll still embrace you and give you a hug. I want to speak for most Spurs fans in saying that. We’re not going to go and say, ‘Oh, that lady should lose her job.’ I don’t believe in that.” "
What a classy response!
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