‘Conquer Our Personal Negativity’: Terry Crews, known as names for BLM criticism, whips up Twitter storm after reclaiming ethnic slur

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Actor Terry Crews has come underneath fireplace after tweeting about the necessity to keep constructive, however arranging the phrases to spell out a racial slur – apparently trying to reclaim the time period from opponents offended about his essential view of BLM.

The entertainer and former NFL athlete took to Twitter on Tuesday morning with what gave the impression to be an uplifting message, “conquer our personal negativity,” nonetheless the put up was written to spell out “COON” as an acronym, instantly catching the web’s consideration and driving Crews into the traits.

Following the put up, one supporter identified the slur to Crews, asking why he would make use of an “outdated time period used to tear one another down,” prompting the actor to clarify he was merely ‘making lemonade out of lemons’ thrown at him by detractors – having prompt beforehand that critics had utilized the identical denigrating time period to him.

“The phrase Coon has been thrown at Terry quite a bit lately and he’s turning it from a detrimental to a constructive, I perceive you don’t agree with the acronym however he deserves a little bit respect for standing by his values 100%,” one person stated in Crews’ protection.

The tweet was nonetheless contentious, with many netizens expressing shock at his open use of the offensive time period.

Others have been extra harsh of their criticism, some even implying Crews is now a Trump supporter, whereas some commenters have been merely exasperated by the regular stream of superstar melodrama pressured into their timeline.

Crews turned one thing of a lightning rod of controversy after airing skepticism concerning the Black Lives Matter motion final month, voicing concern the venture may “morph into black lives higher” whereas urging for social equality throughout the board, no matter “race, creed and beliefs.” Critics apparently took that stance as outright opposition to BLM, nonetheless, with many piling assaults on Crews for aiding “white supremacy,” some hurling racist phrases of abuse, together with “coon” and “uncle Tom.”

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Whereas most of the reactions to Tuesday’s tweet about positivity have been outwardly detrimental, Crews seems to be making one of the best out of the drama, poking enjoyable on the controversy in one other put up.

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