Morgan Freeman Condems Black History Month on '60 Minutes'
I admire Morgan Freeman very much and I wanted to post this article about an interview he had with Mike Wallace on "60 Minutes". The bottom line to me is: God created all of us.
Television often celebrates black history month with his films, but Morgan Freeman thinks the whole idea of a month for black history is "ridiculous." The African American actor tells Mike Wallace he is against a special month because it separates black history from American history and is part of a labeling process that abets racism.
"You're going to relegate my history to a month,?" Freeman asks Wallace in their discussion of black history month. After noting there is no "white history month," he says, "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history."
The notion of a special month for black history may be hurting rather than helping efforts for racial equality, believes Freeman. When Wallace wonders that without black history month, racism may be harder to stop and asks, "How are we going to get rid of racism?" Freeman retorts, "Stop talking about it!"
Freeman believes the labels "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 says. "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 asks Wallace.
Freeman, who won his first Oscar for the supporting role he played in Million Dollar Baby last year, also discusses his acting career and his several Academy Award nominations, his love of sailing, and his more recent hobby, piloting a plane.
"60 Minutes" profiles the Oscar winner on Sunday, Dec. 18, (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on CBS.
Also see the article from WorldNetDaily here.
posted by Steve | 2/08/2006 09:57:00 AM
4 Comments:
Maybe Morgan Freeman is not Black. I read a book in school called "Black like me" where a white man put on some shoe polish and pretended to be black so he could see what it's like to be black. He experienced all sorts of prejudice during the few days that he was "black".
Maybe, just maybe, Mr. Freeman also did this type of experiment with black paint, but somehow the black paint didn't wear off, and Morgan's true "White" colors are showing through.
Now, is this possible? Maybe not, but it's a good conspiracy theory that I'm sticking with.
Your new friend, Mr. Backslider from Greece....
Oh no, not another conspiracy theory!! Well, you know those Americans living in Greece and how they can be... :-)
OK, just joking.
I have always like Mr. Freeman. He is a talented actor and has kept himself aloft from the typical Hollywood rabble by selection roles with some depth and moral character to them. Yet, he's also not afaid to take on the lighter roles as well and does just as wonderful a job with those.
Not to use a cliché, but I always try to see people through God's eyes. I truly believe God doesn't see color in us. Of course He's aware of what color our skin are; He made us, but I know it just doesn't matter to Him. What does matter is "do we believe in Jesus or not".
But back to Mr. Freeman. I wonder what would happen if the country decided to follow his advice?
God Bless You!!
Yeah, I know. I was sort of kidding you know. But, really I've heard from some of my black friends that Jesus actually was black because of where he was born, his skin color may have been similar to dark Arabian people.
Now, I'm not going to say I agree with Rev Al Sharpton who was quoted in the book, "Democrats do the dumbest things":
Rev Sharpton said
"White folks was in caves while we was building empires. We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it"
Just curious to get your take on this. Also, what in general do you think of Rev Sharpton and Rev Jessie Jackson. To be honest with you, I don't even know if these men have a church? But, then again, maybe they are lay preachers?
So, talk to you later Jesus..... (Should I call you Jesus? Sounds kinda weird actually...) as I'm not really calling you the real "Jesus" you know.
You may call me J.i.L. if you like. I choose the Moniker "Jesus_is_Lord" not as a name but as a Testimony of my Love and Devotion to my Lord, Jesus Christ. I agree that having someone address me, as "Jesus" is not what I had in mind. Just use J.i.L. It's shorter and easier to type then “Jesus is Lord” or “Jesus_is_Lord”.
I think that if you will look at pictures of the typical Israeli you can get an idea of what Jesus probably looked like. I wouldn’t think that he was “black” like the sub-Saharan Africans are, but he was probably not “white” as the traditional paintings (many of which originated in Europe during the Middle Ages) show him. In the overall scheme of things, it really doesn’t matter in the least. God sees us not as “black” or “white” but as “redeemed” or “lost”.
I’m afraid that both Biblically and politically, I often do not agree with the positions taken by Rev. Jackson and Rev. Sharpton. I believe that a lot of times, their rhetoric divides people instead of encouraging them to dialog.
It does get wearying to the average white person to be called a "racist" just because we are white, middle aged, and males. We are accused of owning everything and being in control of everything. I certainly don’t and am not. I live from paycheck to paycheck just like many Americans of all colors. I work long hours and work hard, also just like many Americans.
There are always going to idiots who have to play the “race card”, on both sides of the issue. My direction comes from God. Color is irrelevant. It is what is in your heart that matters.
God Bless!!
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