Oop! Marlon Wayans is firing back at social media users who can’t understand his sarcasm. While reacting to the viral Montgomery Riverfront brawl, Wayans shared a post that left users believing that he “condemned” his fellow Black people. He claims, y’all missed the joke.
As we’ve previously shared, on Saturday (August 5), a Black dock worker at Alabama’s Montgomery Riverfront Park was attacked by a group of white men after he told them numerous times to move their pontoon boat that was wrongly parked in the dock space for a riverboat pulling up to the dock.
To no avail, the dock worker took matters into his own hands and decided to move the pontoon boat himself, leading to an argument with one of the white men from the boat. The argument quickly escalated to the Black man being jumped, and led to other Black men and women to come to the dock worker’s defense. The melee continued with more patrons fighting each other, Black on white.
The incident has since gone viral and led to several arrests with charges pending.
Among those commentating and reacting to the viral Montgomery Riverfront brawl is comedian and actor Marlon Wayans. Taking to his Instagram account on Monday (August 7), Wayans posted a video of the Black on white brawl, with the controversial Country song “Try That In A Small Town,” by Jason Aldean.
Aside from including Aldean’s song, which has been accused of being “racist” and promoting “lynching,” Wayans went on to caption the post, “How ’bout we NOT ‘try that in a small town.’ Sh*t silly, bro. Let’s all just be love NOT war.”
Wayans’ post caused a whole bunch of hoopla, with several social media users dragging him in the comments, believing he had seemingly “condemned” the Black people fighting all the white people who attacked the Black dock worker.
One user wrote, “Marlon, shut up! Respectfully. Now is not the time to be a token ni**a. We not in the mood.”
Another user said, “HOW ABOUT you show the entire video from the beginning of a group of white man who jumped a hard working Black man that led to people intervening and protecting him. Stop it Marlon.”
A third person wrote, “Well the entire video shows WHY this group PROTECTED their brethren. If they would’ve just moved their boat like they were asked instead of assaulting the employee, THIS wouldn’t have happened. I commend everyone who protected one another. ESPECIALLY the young man who swam to help. The Black people didn’t start it… But babyyyyyyyy they finished it. Bullying & Bigotry is never cool. Every action has Consequences.”
Another person said, “Marlon… we backed you when you went up against United… even though you didn’t show the entire story… Same rules apply… The security guard was literally doing his iob to clear the dock so that the river boat could dock and bring on the next passengers… the good ol’ boys jumped him… so bystanders and the boat crew defended him… Now, what was your excuse for complaining about United??? #firstworldproblems”
Responding back to all of the backlash from his reaction to the Montgomery Riverfront brawl, Wayans went back on his Instagram and clarified that he hadn’t “condemned” Black people, but that his post came from a place of sarcasm being that he is a comedian.
He said, “I woke up to a bunch of stupid a** Google alerts from a bunch of stupid a** sites misinterpreting my entire post. Why the f**k would I criticize Black people for defending themselves? I’m Black. The f**k? Nobody knows irony anymore, huh? Guess that just went out the window. That’s the irony of the song. Stupid a**es.”
In a second clip, Wayans continued, “And why would I criticize Black people for defending themselves… that’s the thing about social media, man. It’s up for interpretation. Y’all tripping. Y’all make no f**king sense, none at all. I shouldn’t address it, but, people want to make articles interpreting… do it. I don’t care. Black people know I love Black people. I’m Black.”
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