{"id":538832,"date":"2026-03-22T15:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T15:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/538832\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T15:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T15:54:13","slug":"spurs-fans-respond-with-pride-after-video-disparaging-hispanic-fans-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/538832\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs fans respond with pride after video disparaging Hispanic fans goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2014 During the San Antonio Spurs\u2019 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.<\/p>\n

TikTok user @inluvwganineee posted a video from Thursday\u2019s game showing a woman responding to a message from a person named Chris that said, \u201cA lot of crazy Hispanic fans,\u201d with the response, \u201cAll Hispanic! How can they afford it.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the video went viral, the Spurs released a statement on Friday saying, \u201cAll of us in the Spurs organization are proud to live in San Antonio, a city that shines and thrives because of the culture and contributions of our Latino community. Inclusion is a foundation for the San Antonio Spurs. We strive to provide an environment, in our facilities and across our community, that celebrates belonging and respect regardless of race or ethnicity. Por Vida.\u201d<\/p>\n

The final phrase says the most about the organization and city. The Spurs\u2019 official slogan is the Spanish phrase \u201cfor life.\u201d It\u2019s the official hashtag on X and is used on Spurs promotions everywhere.<\/p>\n

Latino culture is central to San Antonio culture. Of San Antonio\u2019s 1.5 million residents, 64.6 percent are Hispanic or Latino, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Of the four major Texas cities with more than 1 million residents, San Antonio is the closest to Mexico. People regularly commute between San Antonio and Mexico for work throughout the week. Preparations are already underway across the city for the annual Fiesta San Antonio, starting April 16, an 11-day citywide celebration established in 1891 that is the city\u2019s signature annual festival.<\/p>\n

After the video went viral, Spurs fans mobilized to respond with pride. Renowned basketball author and Spurs fan Shea Serrano posted on X<\/a> that he was planning to legally change his name to \u201cCrazy Hispanic Fan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spurs All-Star De\u2019Aaron Fox was shocked to learn about the video during his postgame news conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy high school was 60 percent Hispanic. I\u2019m from Texas. Like, what do you expect?\u201d Fox said. \u201cIt\u2019s like going to Boston and complaining that there\u2019s a bunch of White people. What kind of sense is that? That makes zero sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fox explained that his children are a quarter Mexican, as the mother of his wife, Recee Fox, was born in Mexico.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll his uncles are black, all his tias are Mexican,\u201d Fox said about his kids. \u201cSo for someone to complain about that, especially being in San Antonio, I don\u2019t know why that would make any sense. But this should be normalized. You\u2019re going to see people that don\u2019t look the same as you, that probably have a different accent as you. So, at this point, you would think it would be normal. But to each their own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout the arena during Saturday\u2019s 134-119 win over the Indiana Pacers, fans donned various \u201cCrazy Hispanic Fan\u201d shirts they had custom-made over the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n

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\n San Antonio Spurs fans AJ Reygadas (left) and Frank Soliz (right) are shown wearing their \u201cCrazy Hispanic Fans\u201d shirts after the Spurs\u2019 win over the Indiana Pacers. (Jared Weiss \/ The Athletic)<\/p>\n

Une pol\u00e9mique a agit\u00e9 les fans des Spurs ces derniers jours. Dans une vid\u00e9o prise pendant un match, on voyait une femme se plaindre par SMS des \u00ab crazy Hispanic fans \u00bb dans les tribunes.<\/p>\n

Certains supporters ont choisi de r\u00e9pondre par l\u2019humour ce soir, en portant ces t-shirts : pic.twitter.com\/Zepm9ss3nD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maxime Aubin (@MaximeAubin1) March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

We do not tolerate any discrimination. That being said, we will not give power to the ignorant. We are proud of our heritage, our cultura, and our city. There\u2019s a reason our hashtag is #PorVida<\/a> . So yeah, we are crazy Hispanic fans, but don\u2019t think for a second that\u2019s an insult. pic.twitter.com\/vIUJzUpQz7<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Spurs Jackals (@SpursJackals) March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Frank Soliz, a 37-year-old owner of a commercial maintenance business and member of the Jackals fan section, which was started by Victor Wembanyama, worked with a friend to quickly design and print shirts for fellow Jackals members ahead of Saturday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got to do something about that. We\u2019re undeniable. We\u2019re the Jackal out here. We\u2019re family,\u201d Soliz said. \u201cSo majority of us, San Antonio, we\u2019re Hispanic fans. So I said, \u2018Let\u2019s put it on this shirt and see where it goes.\u2019 So I just felt good. It was good to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soliz said he received requests from 10 people in the Frost Bank Center to buy more shirts. His first reaction to seeing the video was just to feel motivated, wanting to find a creative and confident way to respond to the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom\u2019s from Mexico and every time I come to the game, it\u2019s always love,\u201d Soliz said. \u201cI want to bring something to the table and it just made me motivated, more than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soliz coordinated with Aidan Sterling, president of the Jackals, as they helped fellow fans organize with flags, sombreros and anything else they felt represented their Latino heritage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole city came through with camaraderie to come support what the Spurs fan base is, and that is, first and foremost, familia,\u201d Sterling said. \u201cYou talk about the culture of San Antonio, that culture is family first and, believe it or not, that culture is, for the most part, Hispanic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sterling was moved by the plethora of Mexican and Puerto Rican flags he saw in the stands, saying that he loved that the response went far beyond just the Jackals section.<\/p>\n

While Soliz was speaking with The Athletic, he spotted another fan walking by in his own custom \u201cCrazy Hispanic Fan\u201d shirt and yelled for him to come over. AJ Reygadas, a 42-year-old real estate brokerage owner, explained how he posted to social media in search of a shirt and had 10 offers to make one. One of his agents at his firm printed a shirt for him and he became one of many fans to bring their own version to the game.<\/p>\n

Reygadas explained that he wanted to run with the moment and have fun with it, but only because the woman from the video making the disparaging remarks has not been identified.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing I could say for most Mexicans, we don\u2019t take that stuff for personal. We\u2019ll make fun of it. We\u2019ll make the best of it,\u201d Reygadas said. \u201cWe\u2019re 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\u2019t know. And so I\u2019m glad that no one got her face, because, at the end of the day, that\u2019s someone\u2019s mom, that\u2019s someone\u2019s grandma. She made a mistake and I\u2019m sure that she\u2019s going to regret that even though it didn\u2019t show her face. We\u2019re all San Antonio people, man.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo I condone it? No. But at the same time, I\u2019m not going to go and say, \u2018Oh, she should lose her job. Oh, she should be condemned.\u2019 We\u2019re San Antonio people, dude. We embrace anybody,\u201d Reygadas continued. \u201cYou can say what you need to say, and at the end of the day, we\u2019ll still embrace you and give you a hug. I want to speak for most Spurs fans in saying that. We\u2019re not going to go and say, \u2018Oh, that lady should lose her job.\u2019 I don\u2019t believe in that.\u201d<\/p>\n