Damn it. Just when we were ready to write off Morgan Freeman as a Hollywood wacko for having an affair with his step granddaughter, we run across this video. It shows Freeman telling an absolutely incredulous Mike Wallace why he’s against Black History Month.
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.
He made so much sense that 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace is left damn near speechless.
And for that alone, Freeman is working his way back into our good graces.
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I was so saddened when I read about his relationship with his step-granddaughter, but I agree with him about the racist stuff. We don’t need to distinguish ourselves by our color, but by our character.
I’m also sick to death of hearing about our ‘first black president’. He is half white too, but we never hear about that!
Okay now he goes up a few notches in my book for that one. Morgan, I couldnt agree more!
There is a gal that lives just across the way from me. She drives a Jeep that has a bumper sticker that says “Black By Popular Demand”. I just find that somewhat rude…1. I dont care what color your skin is, 2. There is NO way I could have a bumper sticker that says “White by Popular Demand”. and 3, is that the only message she needs to put out to the world? That her skin color is not white?
I dont get it
Doug-
I am having difficulty reconciling your “couldn’t agree more” comment with your hatred of your across-the-street neighbor’s bumper sticker. Although I don’t know what her general attitude is like, nor the aesthetic of the sticker, it seems as though that bumper sticker could just as easily be her commenting on the same issue, and agreeing with both you and Freeman. That is, by saying she’s “Black by popular demand,” she’s saying that she’s only “black” because that’s how society in general (i.e “popular demand”) classifies a person who looks like her. Seems like a perfectly plausible possibility to me.
“Morgan Freeman: Stop talking about it.”
I say that all the time, and people almost always call me a racist for it.
You didnt know about this? ive heard him talk before, at least when it comes to “race” morgan sounds like a conservative, yea, that was weird to find out about his step granddaughter, but you know what? not gonna judge on that one.
@kevin
the shitstorms that arise from me saying that are incredible, rush has said the same thing, and lib bloggers freaked “you cant just pretend like slavery never happened” yea, what again does slavery have to do with being black? (which prompts only worse shrieking from leftards)
Morgan Freeman: What do you do with yours? Which month is white history month? Well, c’mon, tell me.
Mike Wallace: I’m Jewish.
So Jew is other race than whites? Well that doesnt make much sense… or maybe hmm…
Mike Wallace fail
http://www.loc.gov/law/help/commemorative-observations/jewish-heritage.php
I agree with Morgan completely. I hate referring to someone by the colour of their skin and I detest it when other people do this or make the colour of a person a detrimental feature of their character. My sister-in-law seems to think that being B-L-A-C-K is a disease, yet she’s Asian and I’m Caucasian.
Wow. Just wow. What Morgan said was so simple and it just plain made sense. Why can’t Mike Wallace just get that through his pea brain?
Easy Reader was my favorite character from kids TV. Now I understand why.
Texas is Galt’s Gulch.
YES! THIS! Only take this concept and apply it to affirmative action, hate crime legislation, and minority group organizations and scholarships in post-secondary institutions. I now love Morgan Freeman for more than just his amazing voice.
Mike just got OWNED.
When someone asks you your race, if you reply anything other than human race, you help racism. There are no winners when we make distinctions like this.
so…this is just making news…now? that interview is from over 3 and a half years ago. what is all this commotion about it all of a sudden? granted it is a strong point for morgan freeman to make, and maybe it deserves discussion, but why is it a big deal today? is this just a flash-in-the-pan attempt to give people a quotation to fire back with when called on an off-color comment? because frankly, just because a celebrity says something controversial doesn’t make it dictum, especially when no one seemed to notice it when he said it originally several years prior.
not to take away from mr. freeman’s bold statement, not at all in fact. i’m merely suggesting that its being referred to now (well after the fact) to somehow justify particular behaviors. be careful how you take what he said. give it some thought before reacting.
Wow, Morgan Freeman totally ROCKS
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Morgan is right.
Race is like God in a away….simply divisive especially if fed energy…
Man is not capable of rational thinking in either matter.