Not all Black men in Hollywood are getting punked like Crews. Those same evil people in Hollywood, would be evil in whatever position or career they would have in life. Nobody was forcing Terry Crews to stay in Hollywood and be an actor. Terry Crews suffers from the insecurity of being a mid-tier actor who tries so hard to be disarming, that he comes across as soft. He's passive in front of white executives, But he's one of those that would try to rip a Black man's head off if he looked at him too long. Notice how I posted the quote earlier about him not seeing color but was quick to throw Black people under the bus and blaming Black culture for him not speaking up sooner....Many many many black actors and actresses, as well as white actors and actresses, have told people how evil Hollywood is. People who are deep in the shyt. You're on the way outside looking in. It's a billion dollar industry. The people at the top would scare the fukk out of you. Perspective is everything. Put yourself in his shoes and see how you'd feel then
A personal story, I used to work at Hallmark Cards and an old white lady in my department thought it was cool to call me sambo, because my real name is Samuel. I checked her right then and there and went about my business. Word got back to our supervisor and he reported her. But that didn't stop her, so I went to HR and she ended up getting fired. I knew by reporting her that I was going to lose my job as well, so I recorded everything and wrote everything down and within a month of her being fired, I got "laid off" Long story short, I sued, won some money, a lot going to the lawyer and they ended up firing the 3 other people involved.
Now Hallmark Cards is a billion dollar industry, and I met with some of the top execs at Hallmark during arbitration. No fear, I had no reason to be afraid because I had to be able to look myself in the mirror everyday and know that a man was staring back. A man who stood up for himself and didn't wait for anybody else's wave to jump on.
And by the way, I had the choice of staying at Hallmark, but without a guarantee of not being laid off, or take a settlement, but could never work at Hallmark ever again. I took the money because Hallmark doesn't define me as a Black man or as an artist.