Singer and social media character Nezza sang the nationwide anthem in Spanish at Dodger Stadium on Saturday evening.
And, based on a video the performer later posted to social media, she did so in opposition to the desires of the Dodgers group.
In a video Nezza, whose full title is Vanessa Hernández, posted to TikTok, an unidentified Dodgers worker is heard telling her earlier than Saturday’s efficiency that “we are going to do the song in English today, so I’m not sure if that wasn’t relayed.”
Then, the video cuts to Nezza — who was carrying a Dominican Republic shirt — signing a Spanish model of the Star-Spangled Banner on the sphere forward of the Dodgers’ win in opposition to the San Francisco Giants.
The video’s caption: “So I did it anyway.”
In a separate video, Nezza stated the model of the tune she sang was commissioned in 1945 by the U.S. State Division underneath President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and that she wished to sing it amid the latest unrest in Los Angeles stemming from raids by ICE brokers.
“I didn’t think I would be met with any sort of no, especially because we’re in LA and with everything happening,” she stated. “But today out of all days, I just could not believe when she [the Dodgers employee] walked in and told me ‘no.’ But I just felt like I needed to do it. Para mi gente.”
The Dodgers didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Nezza reacts after singing the nationwide anthem previous to a recreation between the Dodgers and Giants in at Dodger Stadium on Saturday.
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Usually, the Dodgers have largely been quiet in regards to the raids and ensuing protests within the metropolis over the past week.
Supervisor Dave Roberts has been requested in regards to the scenario twice. On Monday, he stated that, “I just hope that we can be a positive distraction for what people are going through in Los Angeles right now.”
On Friday, he supplied little additional remark: “I know that when you’re having to bring people in and deport people, all the unrest, it’s certainly unsettling for everyone,” he stated, “But I haven’t dug enough and can’t speak intelligently on it.”
Veteran Kiké Hernández spoke out on Instagram on Saturday, writing that “I cannot stand to see our community being violated, profiled, abused and ripped apart. ALL people deserve to be treated with respect, dignity and human rights.”
The Dodgers, nevertheless, haven’t issued any team-level assertion, and a membership government instructed The Occasions’ Dylan Hernández on Friday that they didn’t plan to make any remark.
