A Sunday evening tweet from Terry Crews is drawing backlash over the phrase âBlack supremacy.â
Crews wrote that white people need to unite with Black people if the country wants to dismantle white supremacy.
âDefeating White supremacy without White people creates Black supremacy,â Crews wrote. âEquality is the truth. Like it or not, we are all in this together.â

Critics of Crewsâ tweet wrote that his platform is âtoo largeâ for him to say something so âinaccurateâ and âunproductive.â
âSo, brother: hereâs why your tweet is a problem,â Twitter user @BenjaminPDixon wrote. â1. Black supremacy isnt possible unless we rewrite the last millennium. 2. Whoâs doing this without whites? Plenty of allies 3. Your voice is too big to tweet so inaccurately, unproductively & provide cover for white supremacy.â

Others found that this take was in line with the character Crews portrayed in the 2004 comedy White Chicks, Latrell Spencer, a wealthy man who has internalized the anti-Blackness of upper-class society.
âSomeone said âTerry Crews was not playing a character in White Chicks,ââ Twitter user @4TheCulture___ wrote.

The math behind Crewsâ suggested solution just didnât add up for actor Orlando Jones, who told Crews as much.
âBlack supremacy?â Jones wrote. âWe represent 13% of U.S. population, hold no institutional power & gaslight our coworkers. We got 99 problems and your math isnât the only 1. #StrongerTogether.â

Many were disturbed over his insinuation that Black people would commit any of the atrocious acts that have perpetuated white supremacy.
âAlso important to note even if Black people were to own all of the worldâs wealth and power, how dare he insinuate we would kill and pillage humanity to keep it,â Twitter user @kaykaypolitiks wrote. âWe have different ethics, and supremacy has never been the goal. Crews needs to deal with his internalized racism.â

According to Complex, this isnât Crewsâ first go-round saying questionable things online. Previously, Crews discredited Gabrielle Unionâs takedown of Americaâs Got Talent for a âclear lack of diversityâ in the production, hair, and makeup staff. Later, he apologized for not standing by her.
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H/T: Complex