When this interview aired there was controversy over Morgan Freeman's comments. Before one condemns what he is saying, just think. It is legitimate to say that black history is American history. For centuries, it was ignored and deliberately excluded from the general narrative of the United States .Regulating a people's history to one month is a ludicrous. Considering that people of African descent had a history prior to their forced arrival to the US, it only demonstrates the continued exclusion in society. Morgan Freedman's solution to racial hatred seems simplistic. Although seeing each other as human beings and individuals would be favorable, it is not possible. Whites are obsessed with race to the extent that it is pathological. The West wages on non-white populations for supreme hegemony of the globe. Simply "not talking about it" will not solve the problem. Morgan Freeman's comments are a demand for inclusion in a society that is discriminatory. The detractors are people who benefit by excluding the narratives of other ethnic groups. Their desire is to keep a eurocentric world view of history, while regulating non-whites to a marginalized sector.
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