Actor Terry Crews has come under fire for calling for unity to end racism amid protests following the death of George Floyd while he was in police custody.
Crews, known for his roles in Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Everybody Hates Chris, tweeted Sunday:
Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black supremacy. Equality is the truth.
— terry crews (@terrycrews) June 7, 2020
Like it or not, we are all in this together.
He received pushback from some Twitter users who accused him of being “ignorant” and labeled him the derogatory term “coon.”
Fellow actor Tyler James Williams responded to Crews’s tweet, saying, “I’m not trying to call you out @terrycrews. You know it’s all love always. But we’re rightfully angry right now and fed up with anyone not with our cause wholeheartedly.”
He added, “I don’t want to see that energy pointed your way or diverted from the cause.”
Crews replied to Williams by saying that he "was not saying Black supremacy exists" but that "if both Black and Whites don't continue to work together-- bad attitudes and resentments can create a dangerous self-righteousness."
Crews also sent follow-up tweets defending his statement and answering people criticizing him.
read more here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/actor-terry-crews-hits-back-at-those-criticizing-his-push-for-unity-and-calling-him-uncle-tom?fbclid=IwAR3w9JKxeqWID-S66-Ro6tI9_6U8Ilr6iickdJS38IMRYlV_9AAlJUiT9jYI agree. I'm not discussing white people here. there are "gatekeepers of Blackness" within our own community who decide who's Black and who's not. I have often been called out for not being "black enough". How can that be? https://t.co/Tt9Og866x6
— terry crews (@terrycrews) June 8, 2020
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