Morgan Freeman is insulted by the idea of Black History Month and being labeled an African American. During a conversation with The Sunday Times, Freeman, 85, was asked about race in America, to which the legend unloaded on the two concepts he doesn’t like.
“Two things I can say publicly that I do not like,” Freeman began. “Black History Month is an insult. You’re going to relegate my history to a month?”
“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? 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
The interviewer drew a parallel to Denzel Washington, who famously once said, “I’m very proud to be Black, but Black is not all I am.
” Freeman responded to the comparison, saying, “Yes, exactly. I’m in total agreement. You can’t define me that way.“
Freeman’s comments arrived two months after Idris Elba asserted that he didn’t want to carry the “Black actor label.”
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