“African American” and “Black History Month” are offensive terms, says Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman has expressed distaste for both the premise of Black History Month and the term “African American” in a rare interview.

speak against it The times in London on the eve of his new film a good personFreiman said:

“Black History Month is an insult. Will you lower my history to a month?’

And he added:

“Even ‘African American’ is an insult. I do not endorse this title. Black people have had different titles up until this point and I don’t know how these things get such an impact, but everyone uses “African American”. what does it really mean Most blacks in this part of the world are bastards. And you say Africa as if it is a country when it is a continent like Europe.”

Freiman said The times that he was inspired by seeing Sidney Poitier on screen as a child, only years later to speak to the veteran actor in person. Freeman revealed: “I spoke to Sidney a long time ago. He said, ‘I wanted to be like you.’

For Freeman, the man he would like to be was his friend Denzel Washington. “I’m so jealous of Denzel’s career because he’s doing what I wanted to do.”

He added, “However, I think we’re jumping forward as the generations go on … LGBTQ, Asian, Black, White, interracial marriages, interracial relationships. All represented. You can see them all on screen now and it’s a huge leap .”

It’s now a few years away from the glory days of Freeman’s career, incl The Shawshank Redemption, don’t forgive, fame, Invictus, Ride Miss Daisy, Seven And million dollar baby which won him his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2004.

In contrast, the now 85-year-old actor downplayed the success of his career in recent years because:

I’ve done a lot of things in the last ten years that were very different. Ride Miss Daisy And fame was different. Now? This is normal. . . I. The character adapts to you and not the other way around, so I do what interests me. Sometimes it’s just the money.”