Terry Crews Receives Backlash for 'Black Supremacy' Tweet

Terry Crews is being widely criticized for saying in a tweet that a lack of racial unity during protests could result in what he called "black supremacy."

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Terry Crews found himself in hot water following a Sunday tweet in which he wrote about "black supremacy."

In the tweet, Crews said that in order to defeat white supremacy, both black and white people must unite, and if not, they risk creating "black supremacy."

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

Crews' use of the controversial term caused many on social media to point out that black supremacy isn't actually a valid ideology, and as Screen Rant points out, it "plays into the dangerous and false narrative that black rioting has gotten out of control."

Terry Crews currently: pic.twitter.com/Ji2e5VGrpv

— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) June 8, 2020

convinced terry crews is a small white man in a large black body like a MIB alien cuz don’t no nigga say shit like this https://t.co/SeZSPrS1Mx

— father (@father) June 7, 2020

Terry crews pr team pulling up to his mansion after his black supremacy tweet pic.twitter.com/4Amhw2MEi3

— John (@iam_johnw) June 8, 2020

Dear Terry Crews,

You showed us time & time again that you weren’t sh*t, most recently with not standing by Gabrielle Union so you could keep your job. This seals the deal. pic.twitter.com/Xfl9Xxdlpt

— Ronald Isley (@yoyotrav) June 8, 2020

This isn't the first time Crews has made questionable comments in regards to race. Back in January, Crews basically discredited Gabrielle Union's claims of experiencing discrimination during her run on America's Got Talent by saying that he personally never experienced any of the things she was describing. He would later apologize.

You can see what others had to say about Crews' "black supremacy" remarks down below.

Terry Crews is always trending for the wrong shit. like damn.

— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) June 8, 2020

Terry Crews been a lame

— Vic (@VictorPopeJr) June 8, 2020

Ever since Terry Crews threw Gabrielle Union under the bus I knew he couldn’t be trusted. But then he decided to just say f*ck logic AND history. This is a new low. https://t.co/6gdzqpaWX3

— Shanita Hubbard (@msshanitarenee) June 8, 2020

Every time I think Terry Crews has done the worst, he always does more. https://t.co/EpIAB35HhD

— Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) June 8, 2020

We have officially entered The Twilight Zone on a day when Mitt Romney marches for #BlackLivesMatter and Terry Crews does the thing he does.... pic.twitter.com/ni9gr2GiDL

— Darryl Wharton-Rigby ダリル・ワートン-リグビー (@whartonrigby) June 8, 2020

Why not just stick to tweeting about things you know? Like the complexities of shucking or intricate steps involved in jiving?

But nah. Terry Crews would rather explain why the people who created and perpetuated white supremacy must be protected when dismantling white supremacy. https://t.co/Ck2rP9NEAR

— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) June 8, 2020

Sunday JUNE 7, 2020..

*NYPD firing all the “top cops” .... I hear.

*Terry Crews spews psycho babble

*And it’s Prince’s BDay, he knew the Revolution would start in Minneapolis

— the Old Man Ebro (@oldmanebro) June 8, 2020

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