Terry Crews says it's important not to 'suffer from groupthink’ after being slammed for tweet suggesting 'black supremacy' will occur if white people are not involved in 'defeating' white supremacy

Actor Terry Crews is defending his controversial statement about 'black supremacy' by saying that it's 'important we not suffer from groupthink' and urging that people to be 'allowed to ask difficult questions to each other.' 

Crews landed in hot water Sunday after tweeting that 'black supremacy' could result from the Black Lives Matter movement.   

'Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black supremacy. Equality is the truth. Like it or not, we are all in this together,' Crews tweeted, after nearly two weeks of protests about the death of unarmed black man George Floyd. 

Actor Terry Crews (pictured) has been criticised for saying that 'black supremacy' could result from the Black Lives Matter movement in a clumsily worded tweet on Sunday

The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star's controversial post came as the US enters its third week of unrest sparked by the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd in the US 

Crews tried to clarify his statements on Monday with additional tweets, but did not apol

The tweet was immediately met with criticism, leaving Crews to try to clarify himself in a number of additional tweets that night. 

On Monday morning Crews tried again. 

'Please know that everything I've said comes from a spirit of love and reconciliation, for the Black community first, then the world as a whole, in hopes to see a better future for Black people,' he wrote. 

'I believe it is important we not suffer from groupthink, and we keep minds of our own, and be allowed to ask difficult questions to each other. I believe this dialogue is important as we get through this trauma together. I love you.' 

While he received a degree of support for not backing down from his statements, he continued to be chided for sticking to his unpopular sentiment instead of apologizing. 

'You could’ve just came out and said you misspoke but you tripled down instead,' one Twitter user wrote. 

'Real quick, scroll through the comments and take note of the people who agreed with you vs. who disagreed. That's a good barometer for whether you've effectively communicated or misspoke. Don't create problems that aren't there,' another tweeter wrote. 

Crews' tweets come as the US enters its third week of protests in the wake of Floyd's death. Protesters are seen in New York City on June 7

Crews spent part of his Sunday attempting to clarify his original statement after being criticized for it. Here, he insisted 'black supremacy doesn't exist'

Comedian Godfrey reached out to his friend to declare 'black pride isn't anti white', to which Terry agreed, but noted that he had 'often been called out for not being 'black enough'

Terry stood by the intention behind his original post as he insisted critics have 'determined who is black and who is not' after his attempt as promoting equality

Actress Holly Robinson Peete responded by simply tweeting a meme of Michelle Obama grabbing Barack Obama's Blackberry out of his hands while they were in the White House. 

Crews' latest tweets came on the same day that he told NBC News about his experiences being a black man in America.   

'I've been victimized since I was kid. I mean, being a black man in America, there's so many things that I had to blink past in order to make it and continue to exist,' Crews said in the interview that ran Monday. 

'Most of the time as black men, we are not recognized as victimized until we're dead.'  

Crews also noted that 'Any sudden move could mean my life. I know this, because no one's going to talk to me. They're just going to shoot.' 

The Floyd death 'has really got to me deep. I haven't been able to sleep. And when you do nod off, you wake up thinking, "What if the police come to me?"' he added. 

Crews' Monday tweets were just his effort at clarifying his point of view. He had also tried to explain himself more thoroughly on Sunday night, after the backlash started.   

At one point, his former Everybody Hates Chris co-star Tyler James Williams tweeted: 'I’m not trying to call you out Terry Crews. You know it’s all love always. But we’re rightfully angry right now and fed up with anyone not with our cause wholeheartedly. I don’t want to see that energy pointed your way or diverted from the cause.'

Crews responded by tweeting, 'I understand, Tyler. I was not saying Black supremacy exists, because it doesn't. I am saying if both Black and Whites don't continue to work together, bad attitudes and resentments can create a dangerous self-righteousness. That's all.'

Comedian Godfrey, meanwhile, wrote: 'I love you as a friend Brother Terry. But I disagree with you 100 per cent. No such thing as Black Supremacy. 

'That is a tactic that Racist whites use to counteract our rebellion to their horrific treatment of us. It's called gas lighting. Black pride isn't anti white.'  

To him, Crews responded, 'I agree. I'm not discussing white people here. there are "gatekeepers of Blackness" within our own community who decide who's Black and who's not. I have often been called out for not being "black enough". How can that be?' 

Crews' wrapped up his self-defense by writing: 'Any Black person who calls me a c*** or and Uncle Tom for promoting EQUALITY is a Black Supremist, because they have determined who's Black and who is not.'    

After Floyd's May 25 death while in police custody, Crews had taken to Instagram to share his feelings, noting that his heart was 'broken.' 

'George Floyd could be me. I could easily, easily be that man on the ground with that police officer's knee on my neck. That could easily be me,' Crews wrote. 

He also wrote that the 'murder of George Floyd has forced me to search my heart to find out what more I can do, as a human being, as a citizen, and more specifically as a Black man, to ensure our community cannot only survive but thrive in this new world.'