Go Mr. Freeman!

I cannot understand why so many minorities like to cut themselves off from the overall history of this country. Mr. Freeman is right. Black history is part of American history. No more or less and we just create more racial injustice by dividing that history. I wonder if BET and all the Spanish, black, and Latino awards shows understand the utter pointlessness (is that a word?) of there events. I mean come on Mr. Freeman, D. Washington, and a number of minority actors and singers have won from the award shows that matter. What is the point to go to a two-bit knock off award show when you won the real thing?

“You’re going to relegate my history to a month?” Freeman asks Wallace. After noting there is no “white history month,” he says, “I don’t want a black history month. Black history is American history,” he tells Wallace.

The notion of a special month for black history may be hurting rather than helping efforts for racial equality, Freeman believes. When Wallace wonders whether racist attitudes may be harder to eradicate without the education that Black History Month provides, Freeman retorts: “How are we going to get rid of racism? 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?”