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Terry Crews Once Again Facing Backlash After Tweeting—“We Must Ensure #BlackLivesMatter Doesn’t Morph Into #BlackLivesBetter”

<p>Whew chile&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;terry-crews-says-hes-discounted-by-some-members-of-the-black-community-for-having-a-mixed-race-wife&sol;">Terry Crews<&sol;a> has found himself in hot water again for controversial comments&excl; Following multiple recent instances of online backlash due to his opinions on &num;BlackLivesMatter—Terry Crews is now in the middle of new criticism after implying that &num;BlackLivesMatter could turn into Black people thinking they are superior&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Terry Crews apparently has fired up his Twitter fingers <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcnews&period;com&sol;pop-culture&sol;celebrity&sol;terry-crews-slammed-suggesting-black-lives-matter-could-morph-black-n1232549">once again<&sol;a>—and the backlash on social media regarding his recent comments has been vicious&period; He posted the following message to his Twitter account about the &num;BlackLivesMatter movement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His post read&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If you are a child of God&comma; you are my brother and sister&period; I have family of every race&comma; creed and ideology&period; We must ensure &num;blacklivesmatter doesn&&num;8217&semi;t morph into &num;blacklivesbetter&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CCD&lowbar;656hwwy" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Social media immediately fired off against Terry Crews—and things got so intense that Bernice King&comma; daughter of Martin Luther King Jr&period;&comma; responded to him to let him know how insensitive and off base his comments were&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bernice wrote&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We&&num;8217&semi;re so far from that bridge&comma; Terry&period; &num;BlackLivesMatter is&comma; in part&comma; a rallying cry and a protest slogan to galvanize people into doing the justice work needed to derail the deaths&comma; dehumanization and destruction of Black lives that racism causes&period; Justice is not a competition&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Terry then responded with&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You are right&comma; &commat;BerniceKing&period; I just want to make sure it stays that way&period; No competition&comma; just creativity&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; he is scheduled to address his comments in a live interview with journalist Roland Martin on YouTube&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want tea directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom" data-saferedirecturl&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;url&quest;q&equals;https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom&amp&semi;source&equals;gmail&amp&semi;ust&equals;1593619364137000&amp&semi;usg&equals;AFQjCNGDTUkk4I8kDrZascpKydph9iVKug">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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