From an interview aired on CBS`s "60 MINUTES" December 19, 2005
MIKE WALLACE: Black History Month, you find...
MORGAN FREEMAN, ACTOR: Ridiculous.
WALLACE: Why?
FREEMAN: You`re going to relegate my history to a month?
WALLACE: Come on.
FREEMAN: What do you do with yours? Which month is White History Month? Come on, tell me.
WALLACE: I`m Jewish.
FREEMAN: OK. Which month is Jewish History Month?
WALLACE: There isn`t one.
FREEMAN: Why not? Do you want one?
WALLACE: No, no.
FREEMAN: I don`t either. I don`t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.
WALLACE: How are we going to get rid of racism until...?
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.
Morgan Freeman is one of my favorite actors. What a great clip! Thank you for posting it.
ReplyDeleteHe's right-on. History belongs to each of us. I prefer we celebrate each others' accomplishments everyday.
ReplyDeleteI just wish more people saw it this way. If more people would just stop trying to promote affirmative action, we would be a lot better off. We continue to create lines by saying that there is a difference and people of color or ethnicity or gender or sexual orientation need some sort of preference. There may have been a place for it at one time. But not now. It continues the notion that we are different.
ReplyDeleteWow! I always felt this man was an incredibly honest, smart guy on screen. Now I see it was not just his acting. It is who he is.
ReplyDeleteThe very politically correct people who claim we need to end racism are the ones that are most guilty of not letting it go.