Actor Terry Crews has been criticised for saying that ‘black supremacy’ could result from the Black Lives Matter movement in a clumsily worded tweet that the Brooklyn Nine Nine star intended to be inspiring.
The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star’s controversial post came as the US enters its third week of unrest sparked by the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd in the US. Crews, 51, wrote: ‘Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black supremacy. Equality is the truth. Like it or not, we are all in this together.’ His controversial post was quickly seized on by critics with ‘Terry Crews’ trending on Twitter.
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Actress Jodie Turner-Smith replied to his post, insinuating that Crews looked like a clown for his views on ‘black supremacy’, before prompting him to ‘shut the f*** up’.point 277 |
Turner-Smith wrote: ‘Did you get the nose? Did you get the horn? Is your car any smaller?’ The Queen and Slim star, 33, who is married to Dawson’s Creek actor Joshua Jackson, added: ‘proof that when you don’t have something constructive to add to the conversation, you really should just…’, alongside a meme of a man’s fingers emblazoned with: ‘Shut the f*** up.point 350 |
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Following the mounting backlash, the America’s Got Talent host responded to his former Everybody Hates Chris co-star Tyler James Williams, who said: ‘I’m not trying to call you out Terry Crews. ‘You know it’s all love always. But we’re rightfully angry right now and fed up with anyone not with our cause wholeheartedly. ‘I don’t want to see that energy pointed your way or diverted from the cause.’
Crews attempted to clarify his statement as he said: ‘I understand, Tyler. I was not saying Black supremacy exists, because it doesn’t. I am saying if both Black and Whites don’t continue to work together, bad attitudes and resentments can create a dangerous self-righteousness. That’s all.’
Activist Kevin Powell also shared his thoughts on the matter: ‘This makes absolutely no sense, makes very Black self-hating assumption that Black folks would actually try to do harm to White people in major ways.point 184 | When there is no proof in history of any such behavior even remotely close to White supremacist behavior.point 272 |
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Comedian Godfrey, meanwhile, said: ‘I love you as a friend Brother Terry. But I disagree with you 100 per cent. No such thing as Black Supremacy. That is a tactic that Racist whites use to counteract our rebellion to their horrific treatment of us. It’s called gas lighting. Black pride isn’t anti white.’
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