*Morgan Freeman is sharing how he really feels about Black History Month and the term “African-American”.
Speaking to The Sunday Times’s Culture magazine, Freeman said “Two things I can say publicly that I do not like. Black History Month is an insult. You’re going to relegate my history to a month?
“Also ‘African-American’ is an insult. I don’t subscribe to that title. Black people have had different titles all the way back to the n-word and I do not know how these things get such a grip, but everyone uses ‘African-American’.”
Freeman continued: “What does it really mean? Most Black people in this part of the world are mongrels. And you say Africa as if it’s a country when it’s a continent, like Europe.”
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Freeman made similar remarks in 2005 during a “60 Minutes” interview with Mike Wallace.
“You’re going to relegate my history to a month?” Freeman asked at the time, The Huffington Post reports. “What do you do with yours? Which month is White History Month?”
Wallace noted that he was Jewish, and Freeman asked if he wanted a Jewish History Month. When Wallace said he didn’t, the actor replied, “Oh, why not? Why not? You don’t want one? I don’t either.”
“I don’t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history,” Freeman continued.
“How are we going to get rid of racism?” Wallace asked.
“Stop talking about it,” said Freeman. “I’m going to stop calling you a white man, and I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a Black man.”
Meanwhile, Freeman also reflected on his career in The Sunday Times interview. Surprisingly, the 85-year-old actor said he felt “envious” of Denzel Washington’s career.
“He’s doing what I wanted to do,” Freeman said of Washington.
“When I was growing up there was no ‘me’ in the movies,” Freeman added. “If there was a black man in a movie he was funny. Until Sidney Poitier came and gave young people like me the idea that, ‘OK, yes, I can do that.’”
“And I spoke with Sidney way back. He said, ‘I wanted to be like you,’” he continued. “Generationally, though, I do think we’re moving ahead in leaps and bounds.”
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