Terry Crews has been under fire recently because of a tweet about Black Lives Matter.
On June 30, the famously shirtless 51-year-old tweeted, “If you are a child of God, you are my brother and sister. I have family of every race, creed and ideology. We must ensure #blacklivesmatter doesn’t morph into #blacklivesbetter.”
He addressed the controversy on Roland Martin Unfiltered, claiming that he loves Black people and supports the Black Lives Matter movement, but that he is allowed to have his own opinion.
Crews argued that progress has to include all people, not just African-Americans — even though Black Lives Matter protests have largely consisted of people of color along with a large number of white allies.
Nonetheless, Crews insisted, ”This is like a third reconstruction, and this reconstruction has to include every voice in America. Everybody has to be included.”
He continued, ”It should be okay for Black people to be different and have other views. In our community, you have to be one way, swinging, fighting, and punching, and I am not that dude.”
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