BEVERLY HILLS, CA – AUGUST 08: Actor Terry Crews of the television show “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” speaks during the NBC segment of the Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 8, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Instantly, his followers and critics took to social media and argued that the America’s Got Talent host was going out of his way to cleverly repackage “All Lives Matter” rhetoric that turns a blind eye to the systemic oppression and disproportionate hardships that Black communities have to face just to be equal, let alone “better.”
“This highlights an issue I see in a lot of black people…and that’s trying to make white people feel comfortable,” West African musician Tigo B wrote in the comments section after Crews’ tweet was reposted on The Shade Room.
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On June 7th he tweeted, “Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black supremacy.
The tweet suggesting that “Black Supremacy” is even a threat right now, immediately went viral with both “Terry Crews” and “Black Supremacy” shooting up as top trending topics on social media as users blasted the comment.
