Ravenwood - 12/19/05 06:15 AM
James Taranto reports that Morgan Freeman is a man.
Every now and then, a celebrity says something intelligent. Here's a report from the Associated Press:Morgan Freeman says the concept of a month dedicated to black history is "ridiculous."
Morgan Freeman is a man."You're going to relegate my history to a month?" the 68-year-old actor says in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" to air Sunday. . . . "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history." . . .
Freeman notes there is no "white history month," and says the only way to get rid of racism is to "stop talking about it."
The actor says he 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," Freeman says.
Category: Celebrities Unscripted
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This is a great post... (^__^) hehehe...
I can almost hear him saying that, too...
b.t.w... Beautiful blog... !
ps: On my site it's blah-blah-blah (too much typing)
What a breathe of fresh air. Morgan Freeman nailed it. I would love to be able to just ignore all the racial identity BS, but it's gotta be them first because I'm not the one trying to discriminate against them.
And yeah, it truly is an eye pleasing layout you have here. Best I've seen, easily.
I'm all for changing February to American History Month.
Posted by: Lornkanaga at December 19, 2005 1:01 PM[Shameless self-promotion begins]
I recently wrote about "identity" in America in The Seattle Times. Might be interesting to you folks.
Weaving into the Fabric of America (my own proposed title was "Once Was an Asian").
Posted by: Guns and Butter/The Asianist at December 19, 2005 7:18 PMJust you wait the wackos at PETA will be demanding a ANIMAL RIGHTS RECOGNISION MONTH or the enviromentalists wackos will be wanting a TREE HUGGING MONTH
Posted by: sandpiper at December 20, 2005 9:12 AMSeeing each other as people, rather than their races. I thought that was what the entire civil rights movement was all about.
I reached the point Freeman is discussing thirty years ago. Where is everybody else?
Posted by: Brett at December 20, 2005 5:11 PMMorgan Freeman is a man.
No, Morgan Freeman is an [b]American.[/b] And one of the best.
Posted by: lplimac at December 20, 2005 5:14 PMAt least he has the courgae to say so
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