Morgan Freeman: Black History Month is ridiculous.

[75th]

We should all sit back and wait for gjohnson to show up and call him a...what was the phrase he used...oh, a "uncle tom ass snowflake."

Freeman outspoken in 60 Minutes interview
By: DAVID OWENS, Staff Writer December 17, 2005

Morgan Freeman and Mike Wallace joke during a visit in Clarksdale in April.
Those unfamiliar with Morgan Freeman's work may find the actor's comments regarding Black History Month rather interesting.

Freeman, a native of Charleston and favorite son of Clarksdale, will be featured at 7 p.m. Sunday on CBS News program 60 Minutes.

During the profile which was filmed in April, Mike Wallace asked the Academy Award winner his thoughts on the month, which Freeman calls "ridiculous."
Freeman said that he is against a special month because it separates black history from American history and helps foster racism.

"You're going to relegate my history to a month?" he asked, further noting there is no "white history month." "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history."

Freeman said the notion of a special month for black history may be hurting rather than helping efforts for racial equality.

The statement prompted Wallace to retort that without Black History Month, racism may be harder to stop.

"How are we going to get rid of racism?" he asked.

"Stop talking about it!" Freeman answered, saying the labels of "black" and "white" are an obstacle to beating racism.

"I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man," he said. "I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me as Morgan Freeman.

"You wouldn't say, 'Well, I know this white guy named Mike Wallace.' You know what I'm saying?" Freeman asked the reporter.

Freeman, who won his first Oscar this year for a support role in Million Dollar Baby, also discusses his acting career and several Academy Award nominations, his love of sailing and piloting airplanes.

Anyone who is able to use the search function can see why I posted this...I have said that this sort of seperation only fuels racism rather than fights it.

We need more people in this country with as much common sense as Freeman.

 

[bigmann245]

they did it to make them feel special. then the mexicans needed one so they got may 5th. this country is funny

 

[kethnaab]

amen. gotta love someone with some common sense and the desire to truly end racism, discrimination and class warfare, rather than just reverse who is in power

 

[bluepeter]

Three cheers for Morgan.

"I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man," he said. "I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me as Morgan Freeman.

"You wouldn't say, 'Well, I know this white guy named Mike Wallace.' You know what I'm saying?" Freeman asked the reporter.

EXACTLY.

 

[75th]

People like gjohnson, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and all the other ignorant racists must be so dissapointed in Mr. Freeman.

 

[Yarg!]

Any of you guys watched the APprentice finale? The showed the office of one of the finalists, Randal (who happens to be black) and his boardroom of atleast 8 people did not have a single white, brown, yellow person. I was like "Oh man 75th would be all over that."

 

[jackangel]

so the idea of a black history month is part of a problem?

 

[75th]

Any of you guys watched the APprentice finale? The showed the office of one of the finalists, Randal (to be black) and his boardroom of atleast 8 people did not have a single white, brown, yellow person. I was like "Oh man 75th would be all over that."

lol awesome.

 

[kethnaab]

the idea of separation based on skin color is THE problem here

 

[wutangnomo]

Morgan Freeman and Bill Cosby are the type of bros we need around. If only most people could think this way.