Yoenis Cespedes’ home run derby win brought out the racist in America

The final swing and the big bat flip.

The final swing and the big bat flip.

Yoenis Cespedes of the Oakland A’s wins the home run derby with a show. He blasted 32 bombs en route to the title (and give the A’s fans discounted tickets). He’s the first player not on the All-Star team to win it. A relative unknown to most of America, he had a chance to display his skills and it was great to see the A’s get represented well.

This is his second season in the big leagues after defecting from Cuba in hopes of a better life here a little less than two years ago. He’s been learning English since he has arrived but hasn’t learned enough to be comfortable doing interviews. Despite all of that, he has assimilated himself real well and has embraced his new life in America.

However, that doesn’t stop the racist Americans from tweeting out their displeasure that Cespedes doesn’t know English. Twitter once again brings out the hate and racism from our country. And in case you didn’t know, English is not the official language of the United States. There is none.

https://twitter.com/ArielleBragg/status/356972884264091648

https://twitter.com/Hyde_19/status/356972728881905664

https://twitter.com/KMay6060/status/356972537462263808

He’s learning English. But the people on Twitter don’t know that and don’t even bother to care.