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Why? Video via YouTubeJust in case his racist remix was lost on anyone, Pereira also doubled down by holding up a sign that read "All Lives Matter." There are lots of reasons why this was a stupid fucking idea. Changing the lyrics of a national anthem is generally frowned upon—it took Mauril Belanger, better known as "Dying MP" years to have "sons" switched to "us" in an effort to make "O Canada" more gender neutral. Pereira's stunt went way beyond that; he used an entire country's anthem to promote a phrase that detracts from the Black Lives Matter movement, and he did so in the US, the country where the fight for racial equality is currently extremely tense. (Apparently Fox didn't air the singing of the Canadian anthem, so the only audience who probably would've been into Pereira's improvisations didn't even see it.)In what is undoubtedly the most attention anyone has ever paid to The Tenors, the internet proceeded to drag the group for the rest of the evening, forcing them to apologize and single out Pereira as a "lone wolf" who was acting on his own."Our sincere apologies and regrets go out to everybody who witnessed this shameful act, to our fellow Canadians, to Major League Baseball, to our friends, families, fans and to all those affected. The actions of one member of this group were extremely selfish and he will not be performing with The Tenors until further notice," they said in a statement. Note that they didn't address the black community, the people who stand to be most offended by this ridiculous debacle.
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