Thank you Morgan Freeman. In this interview, you've stood up more for our race than anything else... [View All]

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Mike Wallace: Black history month you find ridiculous. Why?
Morgan Freeman: You’re going to relegate my history to a month?
Mike Wallace: Oh, c’mon.
Morgan Freeman: What do you do with yours? Which month is white history month? Well, c’mon, tell me.
Mike Wallace: I’m Jewish.
Morgan Freeman: OK, which month is Jewish history month?
Mike Wallace: There isn’t one.
Morgan Freeman: Oh, oh. Why not? Do you want one?
Mike Wallace:No.
Morgan Freeman: No, I don’t either. I don’t want a black history month. Black history is American history.
Mike Wallace: How we gonna get rid of racism until…
Morgan Freeman: Stop talking about it. I’m going to stop calling you a white man. And I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me as Morgan Freeman.

I for one think the whole idea of this "month" is denigrating to me and my entire race. As Mr. Freeman put it above, "You're going to relegate my history to a month?"

Why haven't we relegated Asian History or Native American History to a month? Or Gay History? Asians, Native Americans and Gays have TERRIBLY oppressed histories, yet we haven't stuck their histories in a single month like they're poor babies incapable of celebrating their own heritage. Until you stop coddling my race like everything we do needs a huge celebration or momento (First to do this, first to do that), we will NEVER be a post-race society. Why is only our race treated so demeaningly?

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