Tuesday, December 20, 2005

The Cure to Racism/Segregration/Discrimination

Sorry for linking lots of articles instead of writing what I've been thinking. I've got many things transversing around my head, but due to a myraid of reasons, I just can't seem to group them in a logical way as I wanted both due to a writer's block, and also a physical injury. During the last week, I've severely injured my fingers (basketball, jarring my fingers inbetween the door slamming, and etc.) making it hard for me to type for a while without going back to nursing my index finger. Anyway, I just can't help but highlight one of the opinions that could cure racism/segregration/discrimination in an alternative way that deserves mention:

Morgan Freeman wrote: NEW YORK -
Morgan Freeman says the concept of a month dedicated to black history is "ridiculous."

"You're going to relegate my history to a month?" the 68-year-old actor says in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" to air Sunday (7 p.m. EST). "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history."

Black History Month has roots in historian Carter G. Woodson's Negro History Week, which he designated in 1926 as the second week in February to mark the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.

Woodson said he hoped the week could one day be eliminated — when black history would become fundamental to American history.

Freeman notes there is no "white history month," and says the only way to get rid of racism is to "stop talking about it."

The actor says he 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," Freeman says.

Freeman received Oscar nominations for his roles in 1987's "Street Smart," 1989's "Driving Miss Daisy" and 1994's "The Shawshank Redemption." He finally won earlier this year for "Million Dollar Baby."

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