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African-American” And “Black History Month” Are Insulting Terms, Says Morgan Freeman


https://deadline.com/2023/04/morgan-freeman-african-american-and-black-history-month-are-insulting-terms-1235327085/

Speaking to The Times in London on the eve of his new film A Good Person, Freeman said:

“Black History Month is an insult. You’re going to relegate my history to a month?”

And he added:

“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.”

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"And you say Africa as if it’s a country when it’s a continent, like Europe."
Freeman is right about that, yes, but it seems a lot of people didn't get the memo.

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He ain't lying.

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