Actor and former football player Terry Crews is embroiled in controversy over a social media post he tweeted over the weekend, according to Yahoo Entertainment.
“Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black supremacy. Equality is the truth. Like it or not, we are in this together.”
Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black supremacy. Equality is the truth.
Like it or not, we are all in this together.
— terry crews (@terrycrews) June 7, 2020
After the above Tweet was sent, Crews started receiving backlash for the comments and he has refused to back down from them. Many people from the world of entertainment responded directly to him to question the post.
Tyler James Williams, who once played Crews’ son on Everybody Hates Chris, responded to Crews, saying: “Terry, brother, I know your heart and you know I have love for you and always will. No one is calling 4 black supremacy & the narrative that we are hurts our cause & our people. We’re just vigorously vetting our ‘allies’ because time & time again they have failed us in the past.”
Terry, brother, I know your heart and you know I have love for you and always will.
No one is calling 4 black supremacy & the narrative that we are hurts our cause & our people. We’re just vigorously vetting our “allies” because time & time again they have failed us in the past https://t.co/d5BDTTATd9
— Tyler James Williams (@TylerJamesWill) June 8, 2020
Our people are tired of white people who put on a good face a claim they “arnt racist” while operating and benefiting from the privilege of a clearly racist system.
We’re not trying to do this alone. We KNOW we can’t. But we refuse to have allies who won’t go the distance.
— Tyler James Williams (@TylerJamesWill) June 8, 2020
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.
I don’t want to see that energy pointed your way or diverted from the cause.
— Tyler James Williams (@TylerJamesWill) June 8, 2020
To which Crews’ responds to his former TV son.
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. https://t.co/YLWGnpj8fl
— terry crews (@terrycrews) June 8, 2020
Crews’ responded with two more tweets on the subject.
I believe it is important we not suffer from groupthink, and we keep minds of our own, and be allowed to ask difficult questions to each other. I believe this dialogue is important as we get through this trauma together. I love you.
— terry crews (@terrycrews) June 8, 2020
Please know that everything I’ve said comes from a spirit of love and reconciliation, for the Black community first, then the world as a whole, in hopes to see a better future for Black people.
— terry crews (@terrycrews) June 8, 2020
