Actor Terry Crews has come under fire for tweeting that he wants to 'unite people' regardless of race, creed or ideology

Last night Terry Crews was on with CNN’s Don Lemon to discuss a tweet he posted saying that Black Lives Matter needs to make sure it doesn’t morph into Black Lives Better. Apparently Crews took a lot of heat for that tweet (which I couldn’t find) and responded with this one:

Are all white people bad?

No.

Are all black people good?

No.

Knowing this reality- I stand on my decision to unite with good people, no matter the race, creed or ideology.

Given the number of threats against this decision-

I also decide to die on this hill.

— terry crews (@terrycrews) July 4, 2020

CNN host Don Lemon lectured actor Terry Crews on Monday night about the meaning of the Black Lives Matter movement, insisting during an intense conversation that it’s about police brutality and has nothing to do with Black-on-Black gun violence.

Crews has come under fire for recent tweets noting that he wants to “unite people” regardless of race, creed or ideology, saying he doesn’t want the Black Lives Matter [BLM] movement to morph into “Black Lives Better.” Crews told Lemon that he was issuing a warning that BLM might be going too far, as leaders have made demands and threatened violence if they don’t get what they want.

“Black lives do matter, but, when you’re talking about an organization, you’re talking about the leaders. You’re talking about the people who are responsible,” Crews said as Lemon interrupted to say Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was once seen as extreme.

Crews then brought up a surge in “Black-on-Black” gun violence that left multiple children dead since June 20.

“The Black Lives Matter movement has said nothing about this,” Crews said. “Black people need to hold other Black people accountable.”

Lemon then scolded Crews, telling him the movement isn’t about Black-on-Black crime.

“The Black Lives Matter movement was started because it was talking about police brutality, if you want an all Black Lives Matter movement that talks about gun violence in communities, including Black communities, then start that movement,” Lemon told the “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star.

“That’s not what Black Lives Matter is about. It’s not an all-encompassing... if someone started a movement that said ‘cancer matter,’ and then someone came and said, ‘Why aren’t you talking about HIV?’ It’s not the same thing, we’re talking about cancer” Lemon continued.

“So the Black Lives Matter movement is about police brutality and injustice in that manner, not about what’s happening in black neighborhoods. There are people who are working on that issue and if you want to start that issue, why don’t you start it?”

Lemon then asked, “Do you understand what I’m saying?”

“When you look at the organization, police brutality is not the only thing they’re talking about,” Crews said.

“I agree but that’s not what the Black Lives Matter movement is about, Terry, Black Lives Matter is about police brutality and about criminal justice,” Lemon insisted. “It’s not about what happens in communities when it comes to crime. People who live near each other, Black people, kill each other. Same as Whites... it happens in every, single neighborhood.”

In the interview Crews criticizes BLM for not really caring about all black lives, noting the epidemic of black on black crime that they say nothing about. He also suggests that there’s a supremacist ideal in the movement and that he doesn’t want to just move from ‘one oppressor to the next’.

Don Lemon then smugly lectures Crews, telling him that BLM isn’t about black on black crime, that it’s only about police brutality and that if he wants to start an All Black Lives Matter group, then he should do it. But that’s not what BLM is about.

Crews tries to explain to Lemon that the BLM group is about more than just police brutality, but Lemon won’t listen, talks over top of him and essentially cuts him off saying he’s run out of time in the interview.

I must say I’m quite happy that Crews is standing his ground on this because he’s right about BLM. As Marcellus Wiley pointed out the other day, they stand against the patriarchy, the nuclear family and so-called white supremacy. They aren’t just about police brutality, no matter what Lemons says, and I’m glad Crews is speaking out. I’m also glad Crews’ Twitter bio refers to him as a “servant to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” That explains a lot about him and his honesty on this topic.