[Breitbart] Hollywood star Morgan Freeman has reiterated his antipathy for Black History Month as well as the term "African-American," saying in a new interview that he finds both concepts to be insulting.Freeman explained to London’s The Sunday Times why he finds both terms repugnant.
"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 reportedly said, before adding:
"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?"
He added: "Most black people in this part of the world are mongrels. And you say Africa as if it’s a country when it’s a continent, like Europe."
This isn’t the first time the Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby star has spoken out against Black History Month. In a perennially-viral 2005 interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes, Freeman told correspondent Mike Wallace, "I don’t want a Black History Month."
When asked by Wallace "how are we going to get rid of racism," Freeman replied: "Stop talking about it."