Morgan Freeman opened up in a rare interview recently about the limitations of terms like “African-American,” and why it’s an “insult” to limit the exploration of Black history to just one month.
The 85-year-old toldof London in a profile published Saturday, “Two things I can say publicly that I do not like. Black History Month is an insult. You’re going to relegate my history to a month?” He continued, “Also ‘African-American’ is an insult. I don’t subscribe to that title.
Black people have had different titles all the way back to the n-word and I do not know how these things get such a grip, but everyone uses ‘African-American’. What does it really mean?” The actor, who is currently promoting Zach Braff’sthat he is “very envious” of the career that colleague Denzel Washington has enjoyed, saying that he was “in total agreement” with a statement Washington once made that “I’m very proud to be Black, but Black is not all that I am.
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