Posted on 06/18/2020 10:17:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
On Tuesday, Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews slammed presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, warned about “black supremacy,” and insisted that black people should not be pigeon-holed into one political party. The black actor shot back at Biden’s notorious statement to Charlamagne tha God, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re voting for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”
“The problem with that is, black people have different views,” Crews said on the CBS show The Talk. “When you’re white, you can be Republican, Libertarian, Democrat. You can be anything. But if you’re black, you have to be one thing. Even Joe Biden said, ‘Hey man, if you don’t vote for me, you ain’t black.'”
The actor warned against “gatekeepers” of blackness.
“Blackness is always judged,” he explained. “It’s always put up against this thing, and I’m going, ‘Wait a minute: That right there is a supremacist move. You have now put yourself above other black people.'”
“We have people who have decided who is going to be black and who’s not,” Crews explained. “And I simply — because I have a mixed-race wife [Rebecca King-Crews] — have been discounted from the conversation a lot of the time, by very, very militant movements, the Black power movement. I’ve been called all kinds of things — like an Uncle Tom — simply because I’m successful, simply because I’ve worked my way out of Flint, Michigan.”
Crews became notorious for tweeting, “Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black supremacy. Equality is the truth. Like it or not, we are all in this together.”
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
“Crews became notorious for tweeting...”
Nah, Terry Crews became notorious for being President Dwayne Herbert Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho.
Decent comments, but he’s a bit behind the curve. White people can’t be Republican. It’s technically allowed, with the caveat that you are branded various things along with it, such as Nazi homophobic racist.
It certainly seems as though we are on the verge of criminality by being Republican.
That white guy had a head like a melon too!
You are a pathetic piece of shit for saying that. FOAD
“Blackness is always judged,” he explained.
A long time black conservative friend about 10 years ago got tired of what he and his wife were told by other blacks,
“You ain’t black enough!” So basically they are now non political with others both white and black.
His Dad was retired army and had warned his adult kids to be very careful with whom, they shared their conservative viewpoints with.
Somebody got ‘woke’ for real.
Black Americans like him should be speaking out way more. I know there are millions of them out there. Somewhere.
Thinking for yourself is white privilege
Whites are the only group to have voted for both Democrats and Republicans in the past 50 years. Blacks will reliably pull the lever for a Democrat again this time. The best that can be hoped for is that they will mainly stay home. Trump will probably do okay with black voters in places like Oklahoma and Nebraska where it doesn’t matter. Overall, he will be lucky to crack 10%.
Well done Terry. Flex those Pecs on the PC crowd..
Reference to his flexing his pectoral muscles as part of this hosting Americas Got Talent.
Much respect for his speaking out .
No way. I saw the comment. Tacky, heartless? Ban-material? No.
Mr. Crews and the rest of "The Expendables" need to make a visit to the CHUMP area of Seattle. I'm sure they'd restore law and order pretty quickly.
You can bet NBC will take him off of “America’s Got Talent” because he spoke the truth..he’s right..you can be whatever you want to be, but when you are black you are told you have to vote Democrat otherwise you are an “Uncle Tom” a “Token black” that is what Dick Durbin called Tim Scott yesterday and not a peep about it in the commie media
I like Crews. He’s been speaking up for equality and not black dominance.
Besides, President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho is my President!
Yet the fact remains, Mr. Crews, that blacks as a group vote Democratic 90+% of the time in all elections from local to national.
That is not Biden's fault.
Whose fault is it that many posters on this website are unable to recognize the value in a black person having the courage to speak against progressive propaganda?
You say it as though you’re blaming Crews.
That’s backwards.
Backwards is stupid.
You don’t “have to be”. You “better be”!
From my old stompin’ grounds in Flint, Michigan.
A thoughtful and decent man.
I judge By Character,,,
.
MLK.
You say it as though you’re blaming Crews.
That’s backwards.
Backwards is stupid.
Blaming Crews for what? I was taking issue with the sentence I quoted. He stated that "The problem with that is, black people have different views..."
For all practical purposes, that is not a true statement when 90+% of blacks vote one way, in every election.
A very few black people certainly do have different views (witness Thomas Sowell, Candace Owens, Clarance Thomas, etc.,) but the vast, vast majority of black people share the same view.
That is not the fault of Mr. Crews, therefore he cannot be blamed for it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.