London (AP) – Actor Morgan Freeman (85) does not believe in the concept of so-called Black History Month, which places particular emphasis on culture and the works of black artists.
“Black History Month” is an insult. Do you want to ban my story in a month?” the black American said in a rare interview with the Sunday Times. Black History Month is celebrated in February in the US and in October in the UK.
“Even the term “Afro-American” (original: “Afro-American”) is an insult. I don’t identify with that,” Freeman said.
Blacks should have allowed themselves to be described by a wide variety of terms: “back to the N word and I don’t know how these things always catch on.” Specifically, what bothers him about the term “African-American” is that Africa is treated as a country, even though it is a continent, the newspaper says.
Still active at 85
Freeman, born in Tennessee in 1937, has had a successful acting career for decades. He received an Oscar for his supporting role in “Million Dollar Baby”, and also became known to a large audience through films such as “Bruce Almighty”, “The Dark Knight” or “The Condemned”. A new film with Freeman will be released soon, in the original in English it is called “A Good Person”.
The fact that he is still accepting roles despite his old age also stems from the fact that he would otherwise be bored, Freeman said. “If I don’t do that, I don’t do anything,” she told the Sunday Times. “A job is a break from boredom.”
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