It seems a lot of people can't decide if Jewish counts as white or not, even though it's perfectly fine to call Asians white people when the narrative fits, even Hispanics sometimes, especially if they're lighter toned. Many who are Jewish will flipflop on that, saying WE need to do something speaking to white people, then say "No, I'm Jewish" when called out by someone calling out white people.
media hates peace. thats why you dont see this going viral. people search for these videos. however you will get in your recommended a drug addict criminal who overdose on fenatil and resisted arrest have a cop holding him down before death. media lives off chaos and conflict. they ruined this world
Trouble is racism is not a problem in itself but rather one that we create for ourselves. This is the basic upshot of what he is trying to put across to an American so wrapped up in its own hatred to see past this simple fact.
One pure diamond? Really? All of that accolade because he said he didn't want black history month? I don't understand why people don't like the existence of black history month. I learned something didn't you?
His whole point is that we shouldn’t just learn about black history for one month, and that it’s only important in that month. Like he said, black history is American history. We should constantly about the trials and tribulations of humankind
Same i always had the same thought on this issue since I was 5. And this interview seeing it for the first time when I was nine. Was epic cause at the time I didn't know Morgan freeman. But seriously at this point people really need to stop with the idea of race.. there really is no such thing. There is only nationality. Ethnicity and male or female. People have to stop with with this idea of what separates people is simple the pigment of there skin. Seriously look at a person as an individual. And stop blaming people for actions that happend way before they where even born Seriously MLK is rolling in his grave right now. At the notion of BLM. There just a sorry excuse of being prejudice. Just because of your skin color at the end of the day. ALL LIVES MATTER. and if you want to fuck around and find out. THEN THATS YOUR ISSUE AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
@ra15899550 I don't think he meant "ignore racism and pretend it doesn't happen." I think he summed it up perfectly right at the end by saying, "I'm gonna stop calling you a white man, and I'm gonna ask that you stop calling me a black man..." As far as I've seen - until this piece of recorded wisdom right here, which I keep returning to (hence the necro reply here) - everyone seems to want to approach "talking about racism" by immediately categorizing everyone by skin color and only referring to them as such. That in itself is the basis of racism. The more we "talk about racism" in this way, the more we propagate this divide. Once this culture can start treating each person on an individual basis, then we can start leaving racism behind. There is no reason, in this day and age, to label anyone by race when a large majority of people are a mix of backgrounds to begin with, and the way race is approached in this culture today perpetuates that labeling - and therefore, perpetuates racism.
@KVAcedo27 the concept of race was specifically created to divide people in classes, but that doesnt mean in the modern day people cant take pride in their racial history (an example being black americans achieving emancipation and voting rights, with all the struggles and oppression/opposition they faced) by not talking about any of this or the history of racism and racism today, it will not fix racism because racists will keep being racist, and we cannot today just get rid of racial categories, its more complex, but there is one fundamental truth: not talking about racism and ignoring systemic racism, racial prejudice, and inequality will not solve them
wont happen tho because race is useful for politicians. Unless we separate race from state, like we separate religion form state, racism will always exist as it's useful for political goals
Morgan Freeman is not saying racism doesn't exist. Morgan Freeman is saying that we need to stop calling each other black and white and learn about who we are as individuals, not just what race we are and the associated stereotypes.
He says a lot more than that. He says that as long as people see racism everywhere and make every single thing that is related to black people a problem about race, racism will never end.
***** You are right, but it is not exactly black people who perpetuate it. Those who perpetuate it are those who throw people against each other because of race, sex, sexual orientation, money or anything they can get away with to gain political capital.
@@conelord1984 Well..... When there is a "fight" it takes more than ONE to be involved in it.... it is NEVER a one person "event". Now what you are saying is not the "problem"..... what you speak of is the RESULT of ideology that is pounded into our heads and it runs DEEP. If one uses "race" as a weapon to gain stature with another "group"..... well..... if we quit assigning "labels" to these things there would be no banner for the group to form under in the FIRST PLACE. So when that happens it is not the action..... it is the RESULT of the "labels" we HUMANS put on things. If you have a pile of Pens and Pencils..... you have a nice pile of "writing tools" but that is not GOOD enough for you so you make two labels..... "Pens" and "Pencils"..... now that you have the LABELS in place, that group of "Writing Tools" now finds themselves being separated from each other because when you find a label that says pens you now instinctively put the pens in that group and same goes for pencils and they now live out the rest of their lives in different SEGRAGATED groups all because someone created a LABEL to SEGRAGATE them when everything would have been a LOT easier and simpler to just get ONE container (world) and label it "Writing Tools" (HUMANS) and place them all in the same "GROUP" because at the end of the day...... they all allow you to write something.
I come back to it as well, from time to time throughout the year and years, and This is probably my all time FAVORITE interview Mike Wallace ever did or my Favorite 60 Minutes of all time. It was made back in 2005, I believe. And Truer more powerful words I have never heard on 60 Minutes interviews or anywhere else. I am entirely grateful to Morgan Freeman for speaking so wonderfully here. YES! I heard a Rabbi, just today, bring this interview up to his congregation giving Morgan Freeman great honor and praise for speaking this truth. People who have truly been ostracized will get it , it will be an out of the park homerun statement to them, as it is to me also. Bless dear Mr Freeman. I wish I could hug him for this, I truly do. I wish I could just hug him and thank him personally. HE IS the VERY epitome of what a TRUE AMERICAN looks like and SHOULD BE. I love this man, with my truest heart of hearts, and his integrity overwhelms my hearts desires for a better world. I sincerely wish I could hug him and thank him.
@@Mr._Moderate I'm not sure I understand your comment given the context. Secondly I am black so I really don't get why I would be insecure about a month that celebrates people of my color....
@@Ye_B0i It's why I only ever step foot in there to participate in art contests or interact with creators in any way, including making memes, I steer clear of EVERYTHING else.
I still dont get it why is this still a problem how hard is it to just not care about someone's race you almost need to go out of your way to care because either way it doesn't affect anything
@@bsavage3600 It's not like I said something from WAY out in left field there. I have no responsibility for society's lack of common sense, but that won't stop me from using my own.
@@bsavage3600 humanity is terrible at solving simple problems in a simple way, they always think "there must be something mire to it" or "its not as simple", hearing hooves and thinking zebras even though if they jyst looked they were simoly horses
People leave college not knowing what a woman is, hating their own country and full of self victimhood. Not so long ago when someone told me they graduated Yale, Harvard or Princeton I thought to myself "this guy guy must be a genius", now I think " this guy probably doesn't even know he's a guy, what a delusional idiot."
“I’ve never heard a white American say I’m European American. We’ve got to stop being African American or Hispanic American or Asian American. We’ve got to just start seeing ourselves as Americans” -Pastor Mark Burns
This is what I have always said. Prefixing anything to American keeps up the segregationist mentality of the colonisers from the slaves, the natives and the immigrants, and the basic nationality is given only to the European descent caste and not any of the others, who are impure.
That's the problem with the radical lefts or may say Liberal fascism. They claim not to be racist yet put race in the forefront of everything where it shouldn't matter... this ideology is not just dumb but cynical. This is the very thing Martin Luther King was against. Race should not matter but who you are as a person, your character should speak for yourself represent who you are, what you can offer to society. Not your race! They claim to be anti racist yet through their own ignorant and stupidity they became the very thing they hate, a racist.
@The João Lobo the racial problem grew because people keep bringing it up as if it's a new thing. It's gotten to the point It's becoming the first thing to be brought up for nearly any problem, even for the most unlikely of cases.
what are you trying to say? That hes slowly trying to turn the word racist? At 0:37 he makes a great point. you know if everyone heard that one quote and actually did stop talking about racism, there would be practically no racism.
@@will.egolifts the purpose of BHM is NOT to talk about racism. It's strange that no one blames racism on Asian/Pacific Islander month or Spanish heritage month or blames misogyny on women's history month 🤔
Trouble is racism is not a problem in itself but rather one that we create for ourselves. This is the basic upshot of what he is trying to put across to an American so wrapped up in its own hatred to see past this simple fact.
@@cienfu_egos Racism exists but people who let that drag them down and use it as a built in excuse to fail and only complain about it aren't fixing anything. People like you are also a part of the problem. If race didn't exist there would be no racism, that's the point he's making
@@zillionfurball1451 If races didn't exist, social segregation and elitism would still exist in the form of social castes. Have you ever watched that Korean film 'Parasite'? Races are not about the way we look, it's about the place we take in the social pyramid. I can't believe people are so wildly ignorant about such basic understanding of society.
@@cienfu_egos so you want everyone to have the same wealth and same social standing and not be mean to eachother and for there to be no wars, what a brave take any minute now someone should be coming with your gold medal. People will always find something to complain about and learning to block all of that out is the true lesson to be learned. If no one talked about race we would almost never had to deal with racism but people like you will find people to preach to or have kids and teach then about how bad things were in the past and present we need to stop these issues immediately when in reality racism is just kept alive by people talking about it. It's a made up concept like a calender or religions. Only talking about them gives them power, nothing else
@@morelikebelongsinthetrash9274 well being a Jew is kinda both religion, race and ethnicity. When you ask an English person what he is he'll say white, English and then Christian optionally. Jewish people will say just "Jewish" for all 3
He's not saying that we should ignore racism, he is saying that we should stop judging each other by the color of the skin and start treating each other as individuals. And I fully agree with him on that.
In other words strive to become COLORBLIND...By the way SJW get triggered by being colorblind because they think it means "pretending" being color blind and act hypocritically, at least that is what my liberal cultural communication teacher at Seattle College taught us...Sad part is they are convinced of this.
@@amadeuswolfe7180 Because the LABELS and shit we PUT on it is the BARRIER that makes it impossible for "race" issue to not be an "issue"........ Stop talking about it essentially means quit LABELING people into Segregated GROUPS with the LABELS..... so ya..... the way you take away the "labels" is to "stop talking about it" The more you talk about it..... the longer that label remains. You have to rip the damn label off and throw it AWAY.....
I honestly feel like things like black history month build a bigger barrier between white and black. It's unneeded because he's right, history is history. I feel like if we stop labeling things for just one race there will be less reason for people to race hate. We all like the same things, we all have the same goals in life. So lets focus on American issues, which affect us all, all races, all cultures.
SoyZuri I'm asian-american and I do NOT want an asian-american history month. I don't think there should be a female history month either. The idea of dedicating an entire month to a minority in America is kind of ridiculous. You're essentially saying that the history of a minority in America is a separate history than American history. Black history is NOT black history. It's AMERICAN history.
SoyZuri why would you want to have a month dedicated to every race (which includes all the bad things that have been done to said race). that doesn't do anything to end racism it just justifies it in the best way possible, broadcasting it for a month straight to everyone on national tv. "Hey everyone its black history month!" 'Remeber what we did to those negros?' "But just look how well their doing now" 'yeah your right, wasn't slavery fun'
Disgusted Batman American history is: going into wars. bombing, segregration, genocide of native americans, killing innocent,white bread. I'm fucking tired of people saying having a certain month celebrating your CULTURE is ridiculous. It's not being fucking seperate they're still American they're just celebrating their culture.
Vajakob What the fuck is wrong with justifying racism. Do you want us to ignore it so you don't get offended? Black history month acknowledges slavery and how and why their ancestors were brought to the US, and how long it took to be somewhat accepted by the mainstream. It also celebrates the contributions arts, sciences, military, philosophy, sports, and other areas. What the fuck is wrong with that? White people: We're not going to teach you about institutionalize racism or how minorities were treated by us whites. It offensive to all white people in America and we don't want them to feel guilty. Minorities: A'ight fuck ya'll we'll have our own months then. White people: ...... White people: Honestly we feel so excluded. It's not fair that you guys get your own months. What about my white bread? What about my fourth of july and columbus day huh?
SoyZuri Look, what Morgan Freeman is trying to say is that we keep the hate going by doing these kind of things. It's all American History. It shouldn't matter. And white people didn't just hurt black people, THE WHITE PEOPLE CAME FROM EUROPE AND DESTROYED ENTIRE CIVILIZATIONS! We chased Natives from their home lands, locked Japanese-Americans up in camps almost Nazi-like during WWII, gave Mexicans who came into the country legally no rights and horrid jobs for less pay than a white person doing the same thing, we now judge Muslim because of 9/11 even though they are people the same as you and me trying to get by and of course we enslaved thousands of people from Africa and treated them unfairly even when we let them free. YES people need to celebrate their cultures, their origins, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what race you are or religion you follow if any religion at all. We are all people. We are all Americans (assuming you are with how strong your feelings are about this). A lot of Americans can't accept that and basically, this entire planet can not figure that out because racism happens everywhere. I'm white, which really kind of sucks because all the history you learn about for white people is that they are assholes to every other people ever, but then again, white people have done good and bad things in the past. Black people have done good and bad things in the past. Everyone has good and bad things that their origins did in the past. We can't reverse that, we have to deal with what happened in history. We have to realize that we are above that past that held us down and move on. History is very important, we should learn from it and not forget it, but we shouldn't keep bring up the hate. It's not ignoring it if we acknowledge that it happened, and it doesn't need a specific month to do so. If you go to a school in America, you are going to have to take United States History, and I swear you will learn about ALL American History from every point of view from every color and every creed. Unless your teacher is a bigot, but that's another issue. Totally agree with everyone else trying to tell you that it just isn't right. You are entitled to your belief and opinions but that way you are going about arguing isn't very logical and is offensive. Not all white people are the same and not all black people are the same cause everyone, no matter what color of your skin, is the same, so grouping white people as being all the same just makes you look racist yourself (cause yes, nowadays people are racist to white people just as much as every other race) Don't generalize people that brings up a whole new issue of stereotyping people which is as wrong as racism.
The most telling part of the interview is when Freeman asks him if he wants a Jewish history month and Wallace says "No, no" and Freemen is like "Do you get it now?" and he still doesn't get it.
I’m a “leftist” and I understood this obviously and immediately. Just because someone doesn’t think the same way you do, doesn’t mean they aren’t capable of understanding the meaning of things. Kinda assholish, not gonna lie dude
What slays me is how few people realise that this is precisely what Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech is about. This is what he wanted to achieve when he said: _"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today."_
I love that quote, it's a two-way street. It's not a race, sex, religion, ethnicity, background etc. specific phrase, "judge me by the content of my character", it epitomises how we should view things. If you're anti-white, anti-semitic, misogynistic, that's your character and you should be judged on it, not if you're black, Muslim, a man or woman, gay or straight. 999/1000 times, what matters is a person's character, not what they look like.
@@potato1341 funny, that's how we judge characters in media (anime, animation series, movies, live-action shows, etc.) are they a complete asshole? are they an asshole outside but genuinely gold-hearted? are they a bitch in sheep's clothing? are they racist because they just hate that specific race or is there something much more? are they your teacher who is secretly a criminal or something? that's why we tend to hate one-dimensional characters, but unfortunately we live in real life where people do tend to be one-dimensional
"Not be judged by" but Morgan says we shouldn't even see it. That we should just be colorblind, and that will make things equal. I guess if they can't see that you're black they can't be prejudiced. /s
It's not "anti-SJW", it's pro-common sense. Don't politicize this guy's very simple yet effective ideas because you don't like people with blue hair or something.
@@Kiddo_williams He's literally talking about politics bro... you think black history month ins't completely political? how tf do you think it became a recognized event?
It's 2023 and nobody listened to Morgan Freeman. Remember when everybody hated labels? Now it's all people think about. "I want to be called _______." "How come they didn't give the award to a ________ person?" Freeman had it figured out. America at large just keeps going backwards.
I never understood the huge obsession some people have with race growing up. I lived in area where there were people of different skin colours and I never knew racism was a huge thing until I was like 10. I'll never understand the need to discriminate against someone based on race. I just don't care about race. *We're all humans.*
nobody even thinks of racism until they're taught it. and normal people stopped doing that but kooky lefties running the public education system, they kept bringing it up. because they can get really smug and kinda close their eyes while they talk about it, and how much better we are now. it's the same exact old tired act as the renaissance intellectuals inventing fake torture devices and claiming people used to use them. It's part of the narrative worshipping the now and trusting the state, demonizing the past and any traditions. so when they insist on constantly talking about racism all the time, there's only two reactions 1. a hero complex where everyone wants to be rosa parks and be cheered as a hero, but they can't because they're white and because there's no massive infractions of rights anymore. 2. the return of actual racism, out of resentment
@Jay Garcia - by the looks of your last name I don't think you have the same amount of enthusiastic disdain for Hispanic heritage month or Asian/Pacific Islander month either? 🤔
"hOw aRe wE gOnNa gEt RiD of rAcIsM?" *_"Stop talking about it"_* Brilliant, sadly 12 years later people have done the complete opposite, they're consumed and obsessed with the word, they now blame every problem on it instead of themselves.
Exactly, racism is a man made thing, we made it up. Are monkeys racist? No. Are trees racist? No. Is the grass racist? No. Is your dog/cat at home racist? No, because they don't even know what race is. If we stopped talking about it, it would be forgotten, same applies to war, religion, and anything man-made. This is what makes language the best, and worst thing to happen to man-kind.
Trouble is racism is not a problem in itself but rather one that we create for ourselves. This is the basic upshot of what he is trying to put across to an American so wrapped up in its own hatred to see past this simple fact.
I like diversity in cartoons. Not every cartoon needs it however. I don’t like it when people still complain about a character being part of a minority because it’s still hate. They give the show/movie a chance.
As a white man, I pulled the same argument and I was labeled racist. Maybe my delivery sucked, but it just proves the hypocrites and the real reasons why racism will never stop.
Because as a white man you are not on the ideal spot to talk about it, even if your intentions are good it'll be perceived as being insensitive. Just imagine being victim of something, and someone that didnt experienced it tells you to "just stop thinking or talking about it", trust me it'll gets on your nerves
@@MrBrewman95 I know interpretation is subjective but it doesnt mean you shouldnt do a little effort to understand what others say. My comment was neutral, just explaining him why some people would be offended by his take since he seemed a little bit confused, im black myself but i honestly cant care less if a white talks about racism or not, but i understand the point of view of those who get defensive
As a gay man I apply the same logic to pride month. I don't celebrate it, I don't want to be placed on a pedestal. You don't get rid of the past by having a yearly reminder of how things used to be. You can learn about it in schools or whatever as part of history class and then move on. It's important to remember those that came before but Freeman is absolutely right. You wanna beat racism, homophobia and sexism? Just stop bringing it up all the time. All it does is reinforce differences.
People refuse to see each other as human beings. If that was the case we would all be living in peace and harmony. Human beings enslave murder rape and steal from each other from the start of time. Stop talking about it solves nothing. Morgan Freeman is an idiot!!! Murder began when Cain killed Abel. Racism is just one of the many evils that humans have to afflict upon others.
+MeesterDash Exactly, continue talking about it, dedicating events to it and whatnot. Just stop being hung up on it.. just act like sensible people and it might just die out.
Thank you, THIS should be the takeaway from this video, not that we should just ignore systemic racism until it goes away because that's not how that works. This comment section is insane.
@@safahasan486 the more you say the more the hate will produced. If your put preference in a group the other group will get angry and if you say them to shut up, that anger will breed hate. Basic human psychology.
+TEE BLUE Most Asians are recent immigrants, they don't have historical ties like white and black people. Typical response to disregard black issues...nice try.
+John Mansa somehow it seems as if you have taken offense. i meant none.. by the way there are a lot of Asians whose families have been here since the 19th century. again no offense sir. i was actually trying to add some humor to this post. so many people throwing out racist statements i thought some levity would be appreciated.
I've always felt that the biggest problems about racism or sexism are the activists, who start fights with everyone who doesn't outright agree with everything they fight for.
Activism has ALWAYS been the problem, and if it isn't race it's LGBTQIA+ or gender or something else. I've never had a personal problem with anybody, but there are those who fancy themselves anointed revolutionaries whose objectives are vastly more insidious than just identity politics; and it continues because instead of getting in these knuckleheads' faces everybody hides and is afraid to say anything lest they be doxxed and exposed in the media and their lives ruined. Look at the $billions in damage they've caused just in the last 4 years. They don't WANT to solve a "race" problem, they want to STOKE it for political gain, and intend to use it to collapse everything around them. That's their goal. And they've been very up front about it. Our schools, our political institutions, have all been exploited and infiltrated and they're never going away. So we either push back or let 'em "burn this bitch down." Our choice.
We’re all gonna cry one day when we wake up to find that Morgan Freeman is gone. Love him for his character, his acting, his personality, or even his voice, the man is simply a legend.
Stacey Dash says she wants to get rid of black history month because "we're all Americans" but her argument was more for removing black channels like BET and black award shows because it "segregation". That argument is invalid because BET isn't only for black people it was a media outlet to show black entertainment that other entertainment channels weren't airing.
WE ARE ALL AMERICANS. How many white people won at the bet awards? A couple but less then 5%. How many black people won at other award shows? I don't know, but it should not matter. Edit- People shouldn't be winning or losing based on the color of their skin. White, black, mexicans, and other races/skin color all make up America. All races should be treated equal bottom line.
Nigel Reid "There shouldn't be a black history month." They both said it. They both have the same reasoning idea behind it. How could we possibly interpret this any other way? Lol
I feel when when we black people get only one month to talk our history, it separates us as a people. I don't want Martin Luther King to be celebrated because he was black... I want to celebrate him because of what he did to help make this country equal for all people! I don't want to celebrate George Washington Carver because he is black... I want to celebrate him because peanut butter is delicious and makes everyone happy! If we as a people want to advance ourselves, we need to stop making a difference between black, white, asian, Latino or whatever, and ONLY recognize people as being human! We are all human, and that is the only thing that matters. I think if we keep teaching our kids about famous black Americans only because they were black, we will only add fuel to racism! It will tear us apart from one another. We didn't start this fire we have in society but we can sure fight it!
Your point is erroneous. Just because February is black history month does not mean that there can be no talk about black history until February 1 and it has to end by March 1. MLK is important because he fought for the freedom of black people. George W. Carver is important in part because he made his discoveries and invention despite racism and Jim Crow. You couldn't talk about Gandhi without mentioning English colonialism or Mandela without apartheid. It provides context and meaning. Talking about people's reality of being discriminated against does not rob them of their humanity. As the last comment suggested, Carter G. Woodson began black history week which later became black history month because up to 50 years ago black history was not something deemed worthy of study.
Yeah remember when everyone during the civil rights protest just decided to stop talking about race? Yeah remember how racism and Jim crow laws disappeared when they stopped talking about race? It was so effective right?
@@MC-ns8gb are you a simpleton> when has segregation ever resulted in long term mutual beneficial solutions? the race discussion is exactly that. You have to address the underlying issues such as community development, jobs, education instead of these superficial discussions about race, gender and you name it, Simpletons.
To those people who seem a tad confused with Freeman’s “Stop talking about it”. He’s not saying acts of racism should be ignored, or that racism isn’t a issue. He’s trying to say that WE need to stop seeing people of different color as any bit superior or inferior. Stop living in this mindset where it’s ‘US v. THEM’ and that skin color defines who you are or how society should treat you. It always goes both ways and living with this mindset that blacks are the victims and the whites are the privileged (or EVEN the other way around) would only create more racism and divide within a community. Stop thinking that you’re a victim and that the other person with different skin is privileged. Just because your ancestors were bonded in chains or not doesn’t define who YOU are, and no one owes you anything for what has happened in the past. The best thing we can do is move on and continue to respect and treat others fairly even if a few don’t treat you the same.
I cannot STAND it when the "Slavery Card" is played like it's the Ace in the hole Trump card or something..... Sure its not a pleasant part of the past.... and should NEVER be forgotten.... but for those who use it as a "weapon"...... Is super desperate to win something and "collect" on it when it has never effected their life or any life of anyone they know..... My 5xGreat Grandpa took a SHIT in your 5xGreat Grandpas yard....... so you need to come and paint my house because you OWE me....... It is literally that retarded. I don't have slaves...... Nobody I ever knew had slaves...... the guy USING the slave card has never been a slave.... or has KNOWN anyone in his life that WAS a slave..... Does it suck it happened...... sure..... but HUMAN HISTORY itself is saturated in SLAVE TRADE!!!!! Romans??? Greeks??? The majority of past civilizations???? Slavery has been part of HUMANITY going back to dawn of time. Slave trade is even in business today in modern times...... Human traffic of sex slaves still goes on today.... The thing is...... they play the "slave card" and are absolutely CLUELESS to the fact that pretty much EVERYONE is a slave right NOW........ The central banking system was DESIGNED to make us ALL slaves because every $ they magically create out of thin air from NOTHING (yes they ACTUALLY do that.... it's called fractional reserve banking.... ) gets put into circulation with DEBT already attached to it because ..... any money created has interest owed to them so it starts it life and is BORN with debt already owed on it. They control the $$ supply, they control the interest rates at their whim and they are not under a branch of the government..... they are a PRIVATE business that has this "power" and essentially do not have to answer to the "government"...... Here is Government making an inquiry into a $9 TRILLION hole in the Federal Reserve's books..... which is roughly $30,000 for EVERY man, woman, and child in the USA...... And how the Inspector General of the Fed basically tells them to fuck off you have no authority over us..... ua-cam.com/video/PXlxBeAvsB8/v-deo.html Another interesting inquiry into the Fed and their playing "GOD" with the money supply and once again essentially says fuck off, you have no authority over us.... ua-cam.com/video/n0NYBTkE1yQ/v-deo.html You can choose Apartment 1 or Apartment 2 you want to live in..... and enough $ to survive and you show up every day to "plow their fields" like clockwork.... instead of chains to bind us... we have a time clock and.... if you don't like this field.... you can move to the neighbors "field" and clock in there. All trying to pay off a debt that was DESIGNED to be IMPOSSIBLE to pay it off..... they have the government by the balls.... and use the world's trade currency as a play thing to make us serve them. That is the Irony of it all.....
Yeah that'd work if people today weren't being affected by that same shit that happened in the past, you say it's not about ignoring it, yet here you are actively trying to erase the very real issues that are still happening, here you are trying to get people to believe it that the past has no impact on the present, even tho that is simply incorrect
Maybe Morgan Freeman needs to stick to what he knows (acting) and keep his Philosophical race BS to himself. Solving racism is NOT going away by "not talking about it". He was raised in Mississippi he knows that's not true.
Racism is a weapon, I despise it to its core. But it’s not about weakening a weapon, but strengthening yourself. Racism will die if we l men show it means nothing, racism is a failed mindset that can be humiliated.weakness is complaining, strength is destroying
HE IS COMPLETELY RIGHT!!! How does race benefit us in any way at all? ALL BLACK PEOPLE are different from each other. Some I can relate to and others I don't understand or want to associated with AT ALL!!!!!!!! And sure that's the case in all races. To think that we can continue to be grouped by race and end racism is stupid!!! You can't claim a race and not expect to be subjected to the stereotypes that comes with it no matter if they are good or bad. That the purpose of race!
+KeepItReal So? There are people out there that may want to hurt me because I am white. Or maybe hurt an Arab UA-cam commenter because he/she is Muslim. Should people like Rosalynn Artis then just give up on the hope that one day the world doesnt see her as a 'black' woman and perhaps just a woman? Or even better, just another human being, not even tied down by gender? Come on man, just because there are people out there that would do someone harm due to their race/sex/religion/politics/whatever does not mean we should all give up on something as wonderful as the idea that the original poster and Morgan Freeman share.
+KeepItReal Listen, I am white so I can't completely argue with this, but what i can say is this: Most white people, in modern society at least, wish no harm upon any specific person for reasons of skin color, gender, or religion. In fact, there are a lot of laws and bills passed to try and help minority groups who have not gotten a fair shake here in the States. It hasn't ended discrimination, but it has certainly limited it. The media, government, and others who hold all the power in this country want people like you, me, and OP to duke it out. This is because a people divided are a people easily conquered. I don't think "forgetting" about racism and the woe's it has caused your people, and others for that matter in the past is the answer, sure. But taking steps, no matter how small are never a bad thing. Nobody rational wants black people to just forgive and forget, I certainly wouldn't if I were in their shoes. What most people want is just for everyone to find a way to remember but do so while not letting it impede race relations from improving, even if it is only in small increments at a time. I hope I made sense, this is what I believe perhaps, but then I am not perfect so I may very well be wrong.
***** Exactly what part did you find to be fantasy?? The part about race be pointless and causing NO GOOD AT ALL Or the part about as long as we acknowledge race we will have racism?
Not understanding that it's a societal "bookmark" to ensure that everyone remembers to learn about black history instead of making empty bigoted comments 💁
@Fk Gooogle I don't know of any schools that don't teach any of these aforementioned topics. I would question how in depth the lessons are. Are women's history, Asian heritage Pacific Islander heritage and LatinX history months unnecessary? 🤔
@UCEqfN7-gbmuGuGlwghRvgRw And what the hell do you mean women's history? You're gonna separate what many brave women did for this country? You're gonna boil that down to a month too? Are they not part of American history? God you are such a fucking hypocrite.
“How are we going to stop racism?” “Stop talking about it.” Literally whenever there is a way I can think of for my little brothers to inconvenience me, the best option is to keep my big mouth shut.
I'm a straight guy, and one of my best friends is gay. We've had this conversation before, and he feels the same way. He told me that it was difficult enough for him to come out, but now whenever pride month comes around, he's painfully reminded of how he's grown up struggling as a gay man, and now everyone just parades it around - and that he believes it's mainly a BS marketing tactic by companies to appear "woke". He thinks it's borderline disrespectful to LGBTQ community that an entire month is dedicated to singling out the community. He said "all I want is to be treated like another ordinary person, because that's all I am. I don't need an entire month to celebrate the way I was born, that makes no sense". When he said that I was like damn, imagine your birthday lasting an entire month, but it's like a birthday you share with millions of people and some people dislike that it's your birthday. And he said "yeah that's exactly how it feels to me" With all that being said, Fan.of.feet2, I'm sorry you have to put up with that
Exactly. This special month to praise someone just because they are sexually active is ridiculous. Like how can we make someone equal when we make them special with a month dedicated to them ? Thats how we dvide them again. That is not treating someone as equal.
morgan is absolutely right, and this applies to any month, any group of people i'm trans and i fucking hate pride month. i don't even like calling myself "trans", i hate labels, i hate the acronym "LGBT" (and it gets cringier for every extra letter you add to it). what exactly is segregating literally everyone who isn't straight supposed to accomplish? the only people who care about pride month are entitled narcissists who want to shove flags in your face, along with companies who pretend to care so that they can try to squeeze an extra buck out of those people. it's completely pointless, it's only fueled by greed and narcissism. "pride" is just a joke now, it lost all its meaning a LONG time ago. i could go on and on.
I’ve often said if we’d all been born blind racism wouldn’t be the problem. Lol. Can’t discriminate against what you can’t see, but then some ah human somewhere would feel something different (with hands) & discriminate over that probably. Sadly.
@@isaiahfajardo4331 1. actually we are not all the same 2. So in order to accept someone you have to erase a feature about them? That makes you uncomfortable? 3. All of this from a looney bin naming himself Satan? 🤔
I agree. With these months, it's like we're giving certain types of people a special treatment or something, which defeats the whole purpose of treating everyone as an equal. If we didn't have these months and holidays and didn't talk about people's differences, there wouldn't be exclusion. Everyone would be treated equally because we just accept and set aside our differences and value each other as fellow humans.
I've been saying this for years. I'm an English Teacher and a black parent filed a grievance against me for saying the exact same thing. I don't want to be reminded about slavery or the civil rights and Abraham Lincoln once a year. It's ridiculous, just make it part of daily history.
@@wawacat6568 First of all, It was in February and our instructional coach developed a curriculum black history month. She suggested that us Eng teachers cover AA authors but I was covering play writes on "Much Ado About Nothing" and at our PD she insisted that I teach about Afro American authors instead. Our curriculum rarely cover black writers through the year, only during BHM which is ridiculous.
The part about not calling each other "[race] man" is one of the most important lessons to take from this. I think the best way to think about it is to contextualize it a bit more personally and say: You don't have "black friends" or "white friends", you just have *friends*. Some of your friends may have certain genetic characteristics, others may not, but in the end it doesn't matter because you love them for who they are, not what they look like. Then used on a broader scale, there aren't "black men" and "white men", there are "men (who have black skin)" or "men (who have white skin)" just like there are "men (who are tall)" and "men (who have deep voices)". Though it may only appear to be a small difference, putting the fact that they're identified by their humanity first and random genetic traits second helps change the mindset a great deal because it focuses on commonalities (what makes us alike, what brings us together) before differences (what sets us apart, what divides us).
I challenge you, without directly quoting a dictionary, define ethnicity in your own words. Then, define culture and race. Now, tell me in your next comment...why do we have 3 different words to categorize people? This in itself is the root of racism in America. Why can't I just be American?
Sea Wood patriotism is not racism, unless you say that your race is superior. You can even say the "United States is superior" though it wouldn't neccesarily be true, unless you were talking about it's military, or the relative freedom of it's people in comparison to others, or perhaps the concentration of its wealth.
Sea Wood Global community? No! I am a citizen of the United States of America not a citizen of any global community. I have and will always defend my countries right to abstain from any membership in any global community.
Hold on now, in a strange round about way, Sea Wood actually proved my point. If classifying myself as American rather than caucasian would still lead to racism, which we'd all agree that it could in extreme cases, then the problem is in fact with classification. Why does it matter what color my skin is or what country I hail from? How does that affect anything other than satisfying a racial demographic? Ultimately, until we decide as a people to stop classifying based on color or nationality, racism will continue to flourish and grow.
@@extrollacc4587 lmao the only thing we learned about black people was how great mlk was and how he defeated racism and don’t forget the great Rosa parks from breaking the law 🤣🤣
@@slimmyjim1682 first your username is very much disrespectful and second that's what you, most likely a white person, learn while black people specifically kids learn something way more .
Morgan Freeman is 100% correct. Also, if we stopped talking about racism and instead treat other with respect & dignity the world will be a better place.
I feel like a lot more people should listen to morgan freeman. Like others are saying. He’s doesnt mean to ignore racial injustice. But really to stop identity politics. Doing away with that system of thinking is the only real way to see everyone as the same.
I’ve always agreed with Freeman. He’s spot on, yet the agenda in this country has gone backwards toward re-identifying every person as skin color first, character second, if at all. Thanks DEI and CRT for disintegrating unity and relations in this country. It’s racism based.
It's awful. Plus, we now look for dirt on people to see of they ever said anything racist or insensitive and then cancel them with no chance to prove themselves changed or clarify their actions. Heck, some have even tried to idiotically villify the entire World War II generation as racist, the same generation that literally helped ENACT civil rights (and included men like JFK). Ever notice how we'll constantly talk about racist whites, but almost NEVER about those back in the day that DID love people regardless of ethnicity? One prominent 1950s Hollywood actor, Roy Rogers, literally adopted both a Native American girl and a Korean girl. Infuriating how almost no one remembers these wonderful people.
@@thunderbird1921 well during the wwII generation there was severe inequity. Just because people were given the same rights on paper does not mean everyone was treated as equals even if one guy in Hollywood did
@@lucamne27 My point is, why don't we acknowledge those who DID treat people of other ethnicities as they should, and helped better society? We NEVER do that these days. I have NEVER seen our media promote ANY white civil rights activists, public figures or common people who helped make things more right. Just a month or two ago I read the story of the people of Pleasanton, Texas, who in the 1950s overwhelmingly VOTED to desegregate their schools and integrated entirely peacefully at the same time Little Rock was resisting. Why is this NEVER talked about? It should be taught right beside the Little Rock Nine and Ruby Bridges. To forget the good people is even MORE wrong than denying the evil folks! America has a serious problem if it is so obsessed with hate and anger that it cannot even recall the honorable and kind people of its past!
This man is truly an inspiration, he sees people not by the colour of their skin but who they individually are, not by how much money they have, or where they come from, but the actions that they perform in life. Honestly it would be an absolute honour to meet this man, I’m a huge fan of his work, and he is an inspiration to me.
***** Because he's not. He doesn't need to not seem racist. You took his whole argument the wrong way. He doesn't agree with black history month because it's a form of self-segregation. We need to accept people as people, and race and culture as an observed fact. If people have a problem with it then tough luck getting along. We keep racism alive by bringing it up and arguing about it constantly.
Hello, everyone. Hello, anyone. If you allow me, I'm going to tell you a short story about an experience that unfolded in my life as a child. It's now 25 years later, and this story can still bring tears to my eyes. (Warning: its a few paragraphs long, but this experience forever changed my outlook on life & racism.Yet, if that's too much a commitment I understand.) It happened when I was around 9-10 years old, living in an all-white suburb outside of Chicago. I was an avid collector of baseball cards, and these cards meant the WORLD to me. One day I decided to take my most expensive cards, with NO intention of selling them, and ride my bike to an expo (card convention) which was taking place near my house. I was SO proud of them, and I wanted to show them off. After I arrived at the expo, two older kids asked me if they could look at my cards. Being a dumb, naive, and innocent kid I eagerly handed them over. Needless to say, one kid distracted me, while the other one stole my most valuable and cherished cards. I was devastated. I'd felt like the universe just sucker punched my very soul. Tears streaming down my face, shoulders slumped, I started walking across the expo to get on my bike. I couldn't lift my eyes from the rolls of carpet strewn haphazardly around the expo, but then I noticed two legs walk in front of me blocking my path. "Here. Take these." This voice said to me. He was attempting to hand me a bunch of cards in a 2-inch case. "I don't want them!" (I'd felt like NOTHING could replace MY cards.) "Look at me kid. (I look up and meet his eyes. It's a black guy, probably around 35-40 years old. He might have been the first black man I'd ever met.) Just do me a favor? I want you to have these cards. Just take them and look at them later. Okay?" I took them begrudgingly, and without a shred of gratitude due to my sadness. When later rolled around I could scarcely believe my eyes. This man had given me probably a thousand dollars worth of baseball cards. Of course, as a kid, this is what I truly noticed and appreciated. The monetary value of these cards completely blew my mind. Yet, now, as an adult I realize he gave me something far more special than a generous monetary gift. He gave me (or greatly enhanced) the ability to see things for what they really are. He gave me the ability to relate and empathize with anyone. His act of kindness allowed me to transcend any racial barriers I may have encountered in my lifetime. So, while I never learned his name, nor anything about him, I write this in that mans honor. Thank you so very much for that act of kindness. You've forever changed my life.
God I love it when people of his caliber call it like it is and speak what millions are thinking, he's the prime example of the difference in mentally between a successful and unsuccessful person.
As much as Morgan Freeman would probably make one of our greatest presidents, as my Grandpa always says, “Anyone smart enough to be president won’t take the job.”
This man is a fucking genius. This man understands what equality is all about. Stop thinking about people in terms of race, sex, colour, sexuality.... think of people only in terms that THAT INDIVIDUAL person.
In other words, the color of your skin shouldn't matter. Whether is it negative or positive, it doesn't matter. It is just a physical trait. I am a brown latino, and it always annoys me a bit when people refer to other latinos as "my people". No they are not "my people". The only "my people" are my friends and family. The more we group ourselves, the more a toxic "us vs them" mentality forms. Treat a person who is black, brown, asian, etc the same way you would treat any other man/woman. Race is what you are not who you are.
Absolutely true! I've said it for years and years why do we have to distinguish between black or white, why can't it just be a man or a woman, a boy or a girl! Thank you Morgan Freeman, I hope you still stand by this.
@@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421 We‘re all humans, yes, but let‘s not pretend that there aren‘t significant and beautiful differences between men and women. Those differences need to be celebrated and viewed in a way that‘s consistent with their common humanity, not abolished altogether.
@@sukka4pain if you want that kind of tradition in your community, that's fine with me, but it shouldn't be expected in our society. If you're a man who can't put himself in a women's shoes you're not one to tell how they would feel about it
@@slimmyjim1682 what, are you serious. If you don’t learn your history your doomed to repeat it. I mean there doesn’t need to be a month for black history, it should be a part of American and/or African history
Exactly! This is from a man that has made it in life so doesn’t need to make excuses as to why he has failed. The more any of us succeed, the less excuses and anger we will have. He is spot on!
"I'm Jewish"
*inhale*
OKAY
It seems a lot of people can't decide if Jewish counts as white or not, even though it's perfectly fine to call Asians white people when the narrative fits, even Hispanics sometimes, especially if they're lighter toned. Many who are Jewish will flipflop on that, saying WE need to do something speaking to white people, then say "No, I'm Jewish" when called out by someone calling out white people.
exactly. hahahah. Great. MORE BULLSHIT. WE GET IT. YOU RUN THE PLANET.
Kanye would've a pretty similar response
@@why1513 you wish buddy, Kanye would've made a fool out of himself instead of giving an emotionally stable reaction like Morgan did
@@IllIllIllIllIII you wish buddy
"Morgan Freeman solves racism in 55 seconds" should be the title.
He didn't solve anything 👎
Just because you like to be racist during BHM doesn't mean everyone else is 👌
you're an insecure buffoon 👍
💯✅
media hates peace. thats why you dont see this going viral. people search for these videos. however you will get in your recommended a drug addict criminal who overdose on fenatil and resisted arrest have a cop holding him down before death. media lives off chaos and conflict. they ruined this world
Trouble is racism is not a problem in itself but rather one that we create for ourselves.
This is the basic upshot of what he is trying to put across to an American so wrapped up in its own hatred to see past this simple fact.
Racism is a psychological thing, it can’t be solved because some people refuse to grow up.
He is just one pure diamond
One pure diamond? Really? All of that accolade because he said he didn't want black history month?
I don't understand why people don't like the existence of black history month. I learned something didn't you?
His whole point is that we shouldn’t just learn about black history for one month, and that it’s only important in that month. Like he said, black history is American history. We should constantly about the trials and tribulations of humankind
@@stratant2254it’s all American history.
Same i always had the same thought on this issue since I was 5. And this interview seeing it for the first time when I was nine. Was epic cause at the time I didn't know Morgan freeman. But seriously at this point people really need to stop with the idea of race.. there really is no such thing. There is only nationality. Ethnicity and male or female. People have to stop with with this idea of what separates people is simple the pigment of there skin. Seriously look at a person as an individual. And stop blaming people for actions that happend way before they where even born Seriously MLK is rolling in his grave right now. At the notion of BLM. There just a sorry excuse of being prejudice. Just because of your skin color at the end of the day. ALL LIVES MATTER. and if you want to fuck around and find out. THEN THATS YOUR ISSUE AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
@@Mr._Moderate So when is white history month then .If truth be told black history month could well be shortened to black history weekend
"How do we stop racism?"
"Stop talking about it."
that's the opposite of how we stop racism btw
Absolutely absurd and ridiculous!!!! There are times when just a high school education is not enough.
Nuff said!
@ra15899550 I don't think he meant "ignore racism and pretend it doesn't happen." I think he summed it up perfectly right at the end by saying, "I'm gonna stop calling you a white man, and I'm gonna ask that you stop calling me a black man..."
As far as I've seen - until this piece of recorded wisdom right here, which I keep returning to (hence the necro reply here) - everyone seems to want to approach "talking about racism" by immediately categorizing everyone by skin color and only referring to them as such. That in itself is the basis of racism. The more we "talk about racism" in this way, the more we propagate this divide.
Once this culture can start treating each person on an individual basis, then we can start leaving racism behind. There is no reason, in this day and age, to label anyone by race when a large majority of people are a mix of backgrounds to begin with, and the way race is approached in this culture today perpetuates that labeling - and therefore, perpetuates racism.
Not going to happen.Too much money and paychecks attached to instigating social justice experiments.
The interview just proved his point so hard 😭 Morgan trying to get the root of the problem and mans like ‘I’m Jewish’
How is Morgan trying to get to the root of the problem by not talking about the problem?
@KVAcedo27
then why does freeman pull the racism card whenever he needs it?
@@jasonvoorhees5640 I’ve literally never heard of Morgan Freeman pulling the race card
@@theatticaddict
freeman claimed people didn't want to vote obummer because they are racist. look it up kid
@KVAcedo27 the concept of race was specifically created to divide people in classes, but that doesnt mean in the modern day people cant take pride in their racial history (an example being black americans achieving emancipation and voting rights, with all the struggles and oppression/opposition they faced)
by not talking about any of this or the history of racism and racism today, it will not fix racism because racists will keep being racist, and we cannot today just get rid of racial categories, its more complex, but there is one fundamental truth: not talking about racism and ignoring systemic racism, racial prejudice, and inequality will not solve them
Spot on. He is as close to the dream of MLK as you can get..
wont happen tho because race is useful for politicians. Unless we separate race from state, like we separate religion form state, racism will always exist as it's useful for political goals
@Steven H Goodsell you do realize these are the exact ideals MLK stood for?
Same with Daryl Davis
@Steven H Goodsell So basically MLK is whitewashed.
@Steven H Goodsell Ok...
Morgan Freeman is not saying racism doesn't exist. Morgan Freeman is saying that we need to stop calling each other black and white and learn about who we are as individuals, not just what race we are and the associated stereotypes.
He says a lot more than that. He says that as long as people see racism everywhere and make every single thing that is related to black people a problem about race, racism will never end.
***** You are right, but it is not exactly black people who perpetuate it. Those who perpetuate it are those who throw people against each other because of race, sex, sexual orientation, money or anything they can get away with to gain political capital.
@André Antunes that's true, but it's hard to see anything else when you're attacked by it all the time
@@conelord1984 but it only takes one irresponsible man to rape a woman and this all starts all over again. Trust is hard won, and easily lost
@@conelord1984 Well..... When there is a "fight" it takes more than ONE to be involved in it.... it is NEVER a one person "event". Now what you are saying is not the "problem"..... what you speak of is the RESULT of ideology that is pounded into our heads and it runs DEEP. If one uses "race" as a weapon to gain stature with another "group"..... well..... if we quit assigning "labels" to these things there would be no banner for the group to form under in the FIRST PLACE. So when that happens it is not the action..... it is the RESULT of the "labels" we HUMANS put on things.
If you have a pile of Pens and Pencils..... you have a nice pile of "writing tools" but that is not GOOD enough for you so you make two labels..... "Pens" and "Pencils"..... now that you have the LABELS in place, that group of "Writing Tools" now finds themselves being separated from each other because when you find a label that says pens you now instinctively put the pens in that group and same goes for pencils and they now live out the rest of their lives in different SEGRAGATED groups all because someone created a LABEL to SEGRAGATE them when everything would have been a LOT easier and simpler to just get ONE container (world) and label it "Writing Tools" (HUMANS) and place them all in the same "GROUP" because at the end of the day...... they all allow you to write something.
As a black man, its traditional for me to come back to this video every February
"as a___" spam
God bless
I'm white and I do the same
You mean as a man right?
I come back to it as well, from time to time throughout the year and years, and This is probably my all time FAVORITE interview Mike Wallace ever did or my Favorite 60 Minutes of all time. It was made back in 2005, I believe. And Truer more powerful words I have never heard on 60 Minutes interviews or anywhere else. I am entirely grateful to Morgan Freeman for speaking so wonderfully here. YES!
I heard a Rabbi, just today, bring this interview up to his congregation giving Morgan Freeman great honor and praise for speaking this truth. People who have truly been ostracized will get it , it will be an out of the park homerun statement to them, as it is to me also. Bless dear Mr Freeman. I wish I could hug him for this, I truly do. I wish I could just hug him and thank him personally. HE IS the VERY epitome of what a TRUE AMERICAN looks like and SHOULD BE. I love this man, with my truest heart of hearts, and his integrity overwhelms my hearts desires for a better world. I sincerely wish I could hug him and thank him.
I swear, if everyone had 20% of this man's wisdom, the world would be so much better
Just 10% would do, lets not get greedy! haha.
It's coming, slowly.
Hold On Hold on theeeerreee , he wishe he had 10% of my brains, you cant just go and insult me !!!
@@leroyrodgers6089 or maybe it's because you get insecure during black history month? 🤔
@@Mr._Moderate I'm not sure I understand your comment given the context. Secondly I am black so I really don't get why I would be insecure about a month that celebrates people of my color....
My respect towards Mr. Freeman just went through the roof.
agreed!
And it should have already been on the ceiling.
Sure he's said this before, but he's said many things. On both sides of the political spectrum.
@WarpRulez - so has the level of your racial bigotry 🤦♂️
@@J7Handle is J7 an alt-right code name for white only? 🤔
That's fucking American right there!
jajaja no, only usa, In the rest of the continent it is not like that
Clean up your potty mouth.
Where? I see a jewish and a black man
@@marceloescudero6579not really, Europe is infested by that now
“I’m Jewish” has got to be one of the weakest deflections I’ve ever heard
Many people don’t consider Jews white. It’s stupid, I know.
Now try holding Israel accountable for war crimes
@@a_legitimate_salvage try holding *any country* accountable for their war crimes
@@a_legitimate_salvage Jews ≠ Israel. There are an abundance of Jews who support Palestine.
@@vi5692 haha touche! Wanna start a moon colony?
"Stop calling you a white man and you stop calling me a black man". I wish people in 2020 would do this. But all they see is skin colors.
"What's that you don't obsess over skin colour that means you're racist". Literally, there's nothing you can say without being called racist.
People nowadays are so OBSESSED with colour it's actually disturbing...
@@Ye_B0i It's why I only ever step foot in there to participate in art contests or interact with creators in any way, including making memes, I steer clear of EVERYTHING else.
And the people that focus the most on color are the same ones that get furious if someone else does
I still dont get it why is this still a problem how hard is it to just not care about someone's race you almost need to go out of your way to care because either way it doesn't affect anything
This is more relevant right now THAN EVER.
Why is it more relevant now?
Because you're an insecure white male that sees his world of privilege shrinking? 🤔
MrSwarai keep that victim mentality it’ll pay off in the long run
@@Mr._Moderate are...are you all there
@@trahmistskahahmist4891 no victims here unless I am one 👍
IWM's have politicized and poisoned the word victim to use it as a weapon 👎
@@Frog101_Real only if you can answer the question 💁♂️
Morgan Freeman solves racism in under a minute.
he didnt solve shit lmao youre a fuckin moron
This is great because he's using basic common sense that shouldn't need to be pointed out.
@yearginclarke if racism could be solved with common sense even white america couldve fixed it by then, so clearly common sense isnt nearly enough
@@bsavage3600 It's not like I said something from WAY out in left field there. I have no responsibility for society's lack of common sense, but that won't stop me from using my own.
@@bsavage3600 humanity is terrible at solving simple problems in a simple way, they always think "there must be something mire to it" or "its not as simple", hearing hooves and thinking zebras even though if they jyst looked they were simoly horses
There's more wisdom within this one minute than most people get in 4 years of college these days.
Ok boomer
@@LOEKASH You proved his point with that brain dead response.
Wisdom? How about just common sense
@@LOEKASHThanks for proving the comment’s point
People leave college not knowing what a woman is, hating their own country and full of self victimhood. Not so long ago when someone told me they graduated Yale, Harvard or Princeton I thought to myself "this guy guy must be a genius", now I think " this guy probably doesn't even know he's a guy, what a delusional idiot."
“I’ve never heard a white American say I’m European American. We’ve got to stop being African American or Hispanic American or Asian American. We’ve got to just start seeing ourselves as Americans” -Pastor Mark Burns
There's nothing wrong with seeing color. You see color everyday. Obviously there's something wrong with you 👍
This is what I have always said. Prefixing anything to American keeps up the segregationist mentality of the colonisers from the slaves, the natives and the immigrants, and the basic nationality is given only to the European descent caste and not any of the others, who are impure.
YYYEEEEE YAAAAW BROTHER!!
Only ones that can claim it are those not born in America, but live here permanently. Other than that, your American.
Well I was born, raised and I will probably die in Europe, but to stop racism, now I am just one American.
Freeman: "Stop talking about it."
Activists: "But I... can't"
*leftists
The racial problem grew because people passed centuries without discussing kt
That's the problem with the radical lefts or may say Liberal fascism. They claim not to be racist yet put race in the forefront of everything where it shouldn't matter... this ideology is not just dumb but cynical. This is the very thing Martin Luther King was against. Race should not matter but who you are as a person, your character should speak for yourself represent who you are, what you can offer to society. Not your race! They claim to be anti racist yet through their own ignorant and stupidity they became the very thing they hate, a racist.
@@thejoaolobo2758 nah, if we stop focusing on it, it goes away
@The João Lobo the racial problem grew because people keep bringing it up as if it's a new thing. It's gotten to the point It's becoming the first thing to be brought up for nearly any problem, even for the most unlikely of cases.
Even when Morgan Freeman is destroying you... He still does it so eloquently and seamlessly. He's a great man.
what are you trying to say? That hes slowly trying to turn the word racist? At 0:37 he makes a great point. you know if everyone heard that one quote and actually did stop talking about racism, there would be practically no racism.
@@will.egolifts the purpose of BHM is NOT to talk about racism. It's strange that no one blames racism on Asian/Pacific Islander month or Spanish heritage month or blames misogyny on women's history month 🤔
Trouble is racism is not a problem in itself but rather one that we create for ourselves.
This is the basic upshot of what he is trying to put across to an American so wrapped up in its own hatred to see past this simple fact.
with a Jewish card
Don’t suck his dick too hard
I remember seeing this clip as a kid and I'm very glad I did, I took what he said to heart and I wish more people did too
So you took not giving a fck to heart🥰
How wholesomely privileged🤗
@@cienfu_egos Racism exists but people who let that drag them down and use it as a built in excuse to fail and only complain about it aren't fixing anything. People like you are also a part of the problem. If race didn't exist there would be no racism, that's the point he's making
@@zillionfurball1451 If races didn't exist, social segregation and elitism would still exist in the form of social castes.
Have you ever watched that Korean film 'Parasite'? Races are not about the way we look, it's about the place we take in the social pyramid.
I can't believe people are so wildly ignorant about such basic understanding of society.
@@cienfu_egos so you want everyone to have the same wealth and same social standing and not be mean to eachother and for there to be no wars, what a brave take any minute now someone should be coming with your gold medal. People will always find something to complain about and learning to block all of that out is the true lesson to be learned. If no one talked about race we would almost never had to deal with racism but people like you will find people to preach to or have kids and teach then about how bad things were in the past and present we need to stop these issues immediately when in reality racism is just kept alive by people talking about it. It's a made up concept like a calender or religions. Only talking about them gives them power, nothing else
@@zillionfurball1451 you have the reasoning of a middle schooler.
“I’m not white, I’m Jewish.”
💀🔫
I agree that Jews aren't part of the whites. We're very exclusive.
He played the anti-semite victim card 😂
@More Like 'belongs in the trash'! it's both
@@morelikebelongsinthetrash9274 well being a Jew is kinda both religion, race and ethnicity. When you ask an English person what he is he'll say white, English and then Christian optionally. Jewish people will say just "Jewish" for all 3
What’s the difference
He's not saying that we should ignore racism, he is saying that we should stop judging each other by the color of the skin and start treating each other as individuals. And I fully agree with him on that.
In other words strive to become COLORBLIND...By the way SJW get triggered by being colorblind because they think it means "pretending" being color blind and act hypocritically, at least that is what my liberal cultural communication teacher at Seattle College taught us...Sad part is they are convinced of this.
@@mikejunior211 Yes. When you are friends the color of your skin does not matter.
NO HE SAID STOP TALKING ABOUT
@@amadeuswolfe7180 Because the LABELS and shit we PUT on it is the BARRIER that makes it impossible for "race" issue to not be an "issue"........ Stop talking about it essentially means quit LABELING people into Segregated GROUPS with the LABELS..... so ya..... the way you take away the "labels" is to "stop talking about it" The more you talk about it..... the longer that label remains. You have to rip the damn label off and throw it AWAY.....
Rusty Koenig bro all facts, you just stated.
I honestly feel like things like black history month build a bigger barrier between white and black. It's unneeded because he's right, history is history. I feel like if we stop labeling things for just one race there will be less reason for people to race hate. We all like the same things, we all have the same goals in life. So lets focus on American issues, which affect us all, all races, all cultures.
SoyZuri I'm asian-american and I do NOT want an asian-american history month. I don't think there should be a female history month either. The idea of dedicating an entire month to a minority in America is kind of ridiculous. You're essentially saying that the history of a minority in America is a separate history than American history. Black history is NOT black history. It's AMERICAN history.
SoyZuri why would you want to have a month dedicated to every race (which includes all the bad things that have been done to said race). that doesn't do anything to end racism it just justifies it in the best way possible, broadcasting it for a month straight to everyone on national tv.
"Hey everyone its black history month!"
'Remeber what we did to those negros?'
"But just look how well their doing now"
'yeah your right, wasn't slavery fun'
Disgusted Batman American history is: going into wars. bombing, segregration, genocide of native americans, killing innocent,white bread. I'm fucking tired of people saying having a certain month celebrating your CULTURE is ridiculous. It's not being fucking seperate they're still American they're just celebrating their culture.
Vajakob What the fuck is wrong with justifying racism. Do you want us to ignore it so you don't get offended? Black history month acknowledges slavery and how and why their ancestors were brought to the US, and how long it took to be somewhat accepted by the mainstream. It also celebrates the contributions arts, sciences, military, philosophy, sports, and other areas. What the fuck is wrong with that?
White people: We're not going to teach you about institutionalize racism or how minorities were treated by us whites. It offensive to all white people in America and we don't want them to feel guilty.
Minorities: A'ight fuck ya'll we'll have our own months then.
White people: ......
White people: Honestly we feel so excluded. It's not fair that you guys get your own months. What about my white bread? What about my fourth of july and columbus day huh?
SoyZuri Look, what Morgan Freeman is trying to say is that we keep the hate going by doing these kind of things. It's all American History. It shouldn't matter. And white people didn't just hurt black people, THE WHITE PEOPLE CAME FROM EUROPE AND DESTROYED ENTIRE CIVILIZATIONS! We chased Natives from their home lands, locked Japanese-Americans up in camps almost Nazi-like during WWII, gave Mexicans who came into the country legally no rights and horrid jobs for less pay than a white person doing the same thing, we now judge Muslim because of 9/11 even though they are people the same as you and me trying to get by and of course we enslaved thousands of people from Africa and treated them unfairly even when we let them free. YES people need to celebrate their cultures, their origins, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what race you are or religion you follow if any religion at all. We are all people. We are all Americans (assuming you are with how strong your feelings are about this). A lot of Americans can't accept that and basically, this entire planet can not figure that out because racism happens everywhere. I'm white, which really kind of sucks because all the history you learn about for white people is that they are assholes to every other people ever, but then again, white people have done good and bad things in the past. Black people have done good and bad things in the past. Everyone has good and bad things that their origins did in the past. We can't reverse that, we have to deal with what happened in history. We have to realize that we are above that past that held us down and move on. History is very important, we should learn from it and not forget it, but we shouldn't keep bring up the hate. It's not ignoring it if we acknowledge that it happened, and it doesn't need a specific month to do so. If you go to a school in America, you are going to have to take United States History, and I swear you will learn about ALL American History from every point of view from every color and every creed. Unless your teacher is a bigot, but that's another issue.
Totally agree with everyone else trying to tell you that it just isn't right. You are entitled to your belief and opinions but that way you are going about arguing isn't very logical and is offensive. Not all white people are the same and not all black people are the same cause everyone, no matter what color of your skin, is the same, so grouping white people as being all the same just makes you look racist yourself (cause yes, nowadays people are racist to white people just as much as every other race) Don't generalize people that brings up a whole new issue of stereotyping people which is as wrong as racism.
The most telling part of the interview is when Freeman asks him if he wants a Jewish history month and Wallace says "No, no" and Freemen is like "Do you get it now?" and he still doesn't get it.
To the leftists watching this video...
He’s not saying ignore injustice, but to stop racially identifying each other
I am left wing and I agree with everything he said in this video.
I’m a “leftist” and I understood this obviously and immediately. Just because someone doesn’t think the same way you do, doesn’t mean they aren’t capable of understanding the meaning of things.
Kinda assholish, not gonna lie dude
@@bearjew540 ok, but your quite an exception then. There’s a lot of comments I can see from other leftists that don’t share your mentality
On a bigger scale, stop looking at people through the lens of collectivism. People who do can't "see the forest for the trees" so to speak.
@@mikeexits do you know how much that is to ask of your average person? Lol good luck homie.
What slays me is how few people realise that this is precisely what Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech is about. This is what he wanted to achieve when he said: _"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today."_
The 1% do everything possible to keep us divided and hating one another. If we all start working together, they know they are fd.
I love that quote, it's a two-way street. It's not a race, sex, religion, ethnicity, background etc. specific phrase, "judge me by the content of my character", it epitomises how we should view things. If you're anti-white, anti-semitic, misogynistic, that's your character and you should be judged on it, not if you're black, Muslim, a man or woman, gay or straight. 999/1000 times, what matters is a person's character, not what they look like.
@@potato1341 funny, that's how we judge characters in media (anime, animation series, movies, live-action shows, etc.)
are they a complete asshole?
are they an asshole outside but genuinely gold-hearted?
are they a bitch in sheep's clothing?
are they racist because they just hate that specific race or is there something much more?
are they your teacher who is secretly a criminal or something?
that's why we tend to hate one-dimensional characters, but unfortunately we live in real life where people do tend to be one-dimensional
"Not be judged by" but Morgan says we shouldn't even see it. That we should just be colorblind, and that will make things equal. I guess if they can't see that you're black they can't be prejudiced. /s
Agreed
"Black history is American history" most anti-sjw statement that's ever been said. Love Morgan Freeman.
It's not "anti-SJW", it's pro-common sense. Don't politicize this guy's very simple yet effective ideas because you don't like people with blue hair or something.
You people can’t see anything outside of dumb politics
@@Sangth123 ha “don’t politicize this guy” have you not heard what he’s even talking about?
@@Kiddo_williams He's literally talking about politics bro... you think black history month ins't completely political? how tf do you think it became a recognized event?
It's literally what anyone you call a SJW has been saying since Morgan Freeman had black hair.
It's 2023 and nobody listened to Morgan Freeman.
Remember when everybody hated labels? Now it's all people think about. "I want to be called _______." "How come they didn't give the award to a ________ person?"
Freeman had it figured out. America at large just keeps going backwards.
I never understood the huge obsession some people have with race growing up. I lived in area where there were people of different skin colours and I never knew racism was a huge thing until I was like 10. I'll never understand the need to discriminate against someone based on race. I just don't care about race. *We're all humans.*
nobody even thinks of racism until they're taught it. and normal people stopped doing that
but kooky lefties running the public education system, they kept bringing it up. because they can get really smug and kinda close their eyes while they talk about it, and how much better we are now. it's the same exact old tired act as the renaissance intellectuals inventing fake torture devices and claiming people used to use them. It's part of the narrative worshipping the now and trusting the state, demonizing the past and any traditions.
so when they insist on constantly talking about racism all the time, there's only two reactions
1. a hero complex where everyone wants to be rosa parks and be cheered as a hero, but they can't because they're white and because there's no massive infractions of rights anymore.
2. the return of actual racism, out of resentment
As they say in The Expanse, We're all Earthers.
We are one race, the human race.
you're clearly white
@@comequickly2179 unforgivabru
did he just use the jew card?
*Shekel Rubbing Intensifies*
Lol because apparently Jewish people don't have "white" skin XD they are purple!
carl True they have purple skin I guess just like Asians have yellow right?
I though Judaism was a religion not an actual race. Even though every Jew is a white guy hiding his privileges behind his religion.
The answer he gave was the equivalent of "I like turtles."
can we get this video to go viral again or something? People need to see this more than ever.
UA-cam won't allow it, doesn't go with their agenda.
This is considered hate speech.
@@LonelyCinderella123 then why is it still on, wait for it... UA-cam? 🤔
@@jzen1455 by who?
@Jay Garcia - by the looks of your last name I don't think you have the same amount of enthusiastic disdain for Hispanic heritage month or Asian/Pacific Islander month either? 🤔
How can you not love Morgan Freeman. What a wonderful human being.
There’s people who are gonna hate on you no matter what…it’s unfortunate truth.
"hOw aRe wE gOnNa gEt RiD of rAcIsM?"
*_"Stop talking about it"_*
Brilliant, sadly 12 years later people have done the complete opposite, they're consumed and obsessed with the word, they now blame every problem on it instead of themselves.
Exactly, racism is a man made thing, we made it up. Are monkeys racist? No. Are trees racist? No. Is the grass racist? No. Is your dog/cat at home racist? No, because they don't even know what race is. If we stopped talking about it, it would be forgotten, same applies to war, religion, and anything man-made. This is what makes language the best, and worst thing to happen to man-kind.
@Wiley Temmer Very good point.
Trouble is racism is not a problem in itself but rather one that we create for ourselves.
This is the basic upshot of what he is trying to put across to an American so wrapped up in its own hatred to see past this simple fact.
Especially the blacks and gays
I like diversity in cartoons. Not every cartoon needs it however. I don’t like it when people still complain about a character being part of a minority because it’s still hate. They give the show/movie a chance.
As a white man, I pulled the same argument and I was labeled racist. Maybe my delivery sucked, but it just proves the hypocrites and the real reasons why racism will never stop.
Indeed, not just hypocrites but hustlers as well, racism is just in a life support machine kept alive by such people
It's because you're white that they called you racist for having an opinion they didn't like.
Because as a white man you are not on the ideal spot to talk about it, even if your intentions are good it'll be perceived as being insensitive. Just imagine being victim of something, and someone that didnt experienced it tells you to "just stop thinking or talking about it", trust me it'll gets on your nerves
@@filazkeita2272 so because he is white, he is the insensitive one and is not allowed to bring it up? Basically proved his point.
@@MrBrewman95 I know interpretation is subjective but it doesnt mean you shouldnt do a little effort to understand what others say.
My comment was neutral, just explaining him why some people would be offended by his take since he seemed a little bit confused, im black myself but i honestly cant care less if a white talks about racism or not, but i understand the point of view of those who get defensive
As a gay man I apply the same logic to pride month. I don't celebrate it, I don't want to be placed on a pedestal. You don't get rid of the past by having a yearly reminder of how things used to be. You can learn about it in schools or whatever as part of history class and then move on. It's important to remember those that came before but Freeman is absolutely right. You wanna beat racism, homophobia and sexism? Just stop bringing it up all the time. All it does is reinforce differences.
That’s is exactly it, god I wish we could get Morgan Freeman as president
spot on, man.
Yeah, i mean really? A whole month? if it was a day it would be ok but a whole month dedicated themselves, how big are these people's ego.
Why are u gae
Exactly
We need more people like Morgan Freeman who sees us all as human beings.Simple 👌
People refuse to see each other as human beings. If that was the case we would all be living in peace and harmony. Human beings enslave murder rape and steal from each other from the start of time. Stop talking about it solves nothing. Morgan Freeman is an idiot!!! Murder began when Cain killed Abel. Racism is just one of the many evils that humans have to afflict upon others.
People need to see this now.
Exactly.
Share it, show to the world
@@tylrr6397 exactly what?
@@fleecefoxes6471 show the world what? How insecure you are?
Why?
SJWs can learn from this.
SJW and learn in the same sentence? Have you seen these people?
Dallin Lyons You have a point there
It doesn't help that they see their opinions as self proving
I've read many people believe Morgan Freeman is an "Uncle Tom". People have called him a race traitor.
why does nobody question why any black person who is successful is outed as a race traitor by other blacks
If we stopped pointing out our differences all the time and just behaved equally then maybe it would happen.
+MeesterDash Exactly, continue talking about it, dedicating events to it and whatnot. Just stop being hung up on it.. just act like sensible people and it might just die out.
What's wrong with acknowledging our differences?
+MeesterDash LMAOOOO dumbest logic I've seen. More to racism than "Pointing out differences"
Ashley Joe What difference, the only difference is skin color. What else
What Morgan Freeman said... ua-cam.com/video/GeixtYS-P3s/v-deo.html (55 seconds)
Im never gonna get tired of listening to Mr. Freeman’s wise words.. I love you, Morgan..❤️💪🏽😁🤗
Morgan Freeman may just be god in disguise
He plays it in like 3 movies. He must be hunting us
He did do a TV show on the idea of God(s)
He sure sounds like him
Jay Fedder im legit gonna cry when he passes away in like 10 years 😢😢
Dafuq are you on about dude? Everyone has known that Morgan Freeman has been God for the longest time. It's no secret.
"black history is Americans l history" SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
Thank you, THIS should be the takeaway from this video, not that we should just ignore systemic racism until it goes away because that's not how that works. This comment section is insane.
But not the history of Africa. Only the history of American people is American history (regardless of race).
@@safahasan486 the more you say the more the hate will produced. If your put preference in a group the other group will get angry and if you say them to shut up, that anger will breed hate. Basic human psychology.
@@Abhishek-sr2pu in this context its about American history
@@safahasan486 Yeah,there are lot of dumb fxcks in these comments.
oh shit,there goes the asian history month
+TEE BLUE You already have your own new year silly. : )
+Scott kelly... chinese new year...not every asian is chinese....ahhh nvm lol
+TEE BLUE I'd be with you my man! teach me some asian history, i'm all 'proverbial ears'! :-)
+TEE BLUE Most Asians are recent immigrants, they don't have historical ties like white and black people. Typical response to disregard black issues...nice try.
+John Mansa somehow it seems as if you have taken offense. i meant none.. by the way there are a lot of Asians whose families have been here since the 19th century.
again no offense sir. i was actually trying to add some humor to this post. so many people throwing out racist statements i thought some levity would be appreciated.
I've always felt that the biggest problems about racism or sexism are the activists, who start fights with everyone who doesn't outright agree with everything they fight for.
Activism has ALWAYS been the problem, and if it isn't race it's LGBTQIA+ or gender or something else. I've never had a personal problem with anybody, but there are those who fancy themselves anointed revolutionaries whose objectives are vastly more insidious than just identity politics; and it continues because instead of getting in these knuckleheads' faces everybody hides and is afraid to say anything lest they be doxxed and exposed in the media and their lives ruined. Look at the $billions in damage they've caused just in the last 4 years. They don't WANT to solve a "race" problem, they want to STOKE it for political gain, and intend to use it to collapse everything around them. That's their goal. And they've been very up front about it. Our schools, our political institutions, have all been exploited and infiltrated and they're never going away. So we either push back or let 'em "burn this bitch down." Our choice.
We’re all gonna cry one day when we wake up to find that Morgan Freeman is gone. Love him for his character, his acting, his personality, or even his voice, the man is simply a legend.
STACEY DASH SAID THE EXACT SAME THING AND EVERYBODY LOSES THEIR SHIT...
you really think they saying the same thing?? lollll
Stacey Dash says she wants to get rid of black history month because "we're all Americans" but her argument was more for removing black channels like BET and black award shows because it "segregation". That argument is invalid because BET isn't only for black people it was a media outlet to show black entertainment that other entertainment channels weren't airing.
WE ARE ALL AMERICANS. How many white people won at the bet awards? A couple but less then 5%. How many black people won at other award shows? I don't know, but it should not matter. Edit- People shouldn't be winning or losing based on the color of their skin. White, black, mexicans, and other races/skin color all make up America. All races should be treated equal bottom line.
Nigel Reid "There shouldn't be a black history month." They both said it. They both have the same reasoning idea behind it. How could we possibly interpret this any other way? Lol
+joshkeatley then as an American focus more on the justice of the others on this country instead of being upset about what black people think
I feel when when we black people get only one month to talk our history, it separates us as a people. I don't want Martin Luther King to be celebrated because he was black... I want to celebrate him because of what he did to help make this country equal for all people! I don't want to celebrate George Washington Carver because he is black... I want to celebrate him because peanut butter is delicious and makes everyone happy!
If we as a people want to advance ourselves, we need to stop making a difference between black, white, asian, Latino or whatever, and ONLY recognize people as being human! We are all human, and that is the only thing that matters.
I think if we keep teaching our kids about famous black Americans only because they were black, we will only add fuel to racism! It will tear us apart from one another. We didn't start this fire we have in society but we can sure fight it!
***** I noticed you missed the point that I was trying to make...
Your point is erroneous. Just because February is black history month does not mean that there can be no talk about black history until February 1 and it has to end by March 1. MLK is important because he fought for the freedom of black people. George W. Carver is important in part because he made his discoveries and invention despite racism and Jim Crow. You couldn't talk about Gandhi without mentioning English colonialism or Mandela without apartheid. It provides context and meaning. Talking about people's reality of being discriminated against does not rob them of their humanity. As the last comment suggested, Carter G. Woodson began black history week which later became black history month because up to 50 years ago black history was not something deemed worthy of study.
Thank you, Matt D. If every black person had your attitude - we would have a perfect world. Or very close to it.
ua-cam.com/video/qZlAJo3eDKM/v-deo.html
Exactly, my brother
He was VERY quick at saying "no" to their own month.
LOL says a whole lot.
This has once again become very relevant, but few people seem to really understand this
Cause they don’t wanna understand, they only care about their agenda
Morgan himself doesn't understand it anymore. He's sold out to BLM now. Very sad.
@@lost_valley
*Feelings
Yeah remember when everyone during the civil rights protest just decided to stop talking about race? Yeah remember how racism and Jim crow laws disappeared when they stopped talking about race? It was so effective right?
@@MC-ns8gb are you a simpleton> when has segregation ever resulted in long term mutual beneficial solutions? the race discussion is exactly that. You have to address the underlying issues such as community development, jobs, education instead of these superficial discussions about race, gender and you name it,
Simpletons.
To those people who seem a tad confused with Freeman’s “Stop talking about it”. He’s not saying acts of racism should be ignored, or that racism isn’t a issue. He’s trying to say that WE need to stop seeing people of different color as any bit superior or inferior. Stop living in this mindset where it’s ‘US v. THEM’ and that skin color defines who you are or how society should treat you. It always goes both ways and living with this mindset that blacks are the victims and the whites are the privileged (or EVEN the other way around) would only create more racism and divide within a community. Stop thinking that you’re a victim and that the other person with different skin is privileged. Just because your ancestors were bonded in chains or not doesn’t define who YOU are, and no one owes you anything for what has happened in the past. The best thing we can do is move on and continue to respect and treat others fairly even if a few don’t treat you the same.
The fact that people misunderstand what he said just proves that education is still the most important thing in the world.
I cannot STAND it when the "Slavery Card" is played like it's the Ace in the hole Trump card or something..... Sure its not a pleasant part of the past.... and should NEVER be forgotten.... but for those who use it as a "weapon"...... Is super desperate to win something and "collect" on it when it has never effected their life or any life of anyone they know.....
My 5xGreat Grandpa took a SHIT in your 5xGreat Grandpas yard....... so you need to come and paint my house because you OWE me....... It is literally that retarded.
I don't have slaves...... Nobody I ever knew had slaves...... the guy USING the slave card has never been a slave.... or has KNOWN anyone in his life that WAS a slave.....
Does it suck it happened...... sure..... but HUMAN HISTORY itself is saturated in SLAVE TRADE!!!!! Romans??? Greeks??? The majority of past civilizations???? Slavery has been part of HUMANITY going back to dawn of time. Slave trade is even in business today in modern times...... Human traffic of sex slaves still goes on today....
The thing is...... they play the "slave card" and are absolutely CLUELESS to the fact that pretty much EVERYONE is a slave right NOW........ The central banking system was DESIGNED to make us ALL slaves because every $ they magically create out of thin air from NOTHING (yes they ACTUALLY do that.... it's called fractional reserve banking.... ) gets put into circulation with DEBT already attached to it because ..... any money created has interest owed to them so it starts it life and is BORN with debt already owed on it. They control the $$ supply, they control the interest rates at their whim and they are not under a branch of the government..... they are a PRIVATE business that has this "power" and essentially do not have to answer to the "government"......
Here is Government making an inquiry into a $9 TRILLION hole in the Federal Reserve's books..... which is roughly $30,000 for EVERY man, woman, and child in the USA...... And how the Inspector General of the Fed basically tells them to fuck off you have no authority over us..... ua-cam.com/video/PXlxBeAvsB8/v-deo.html
Another interesting inquiry into the Fed and their playing "GOD" with the money supply and once again essentially says fuck off, you have no authority over us.... ua-cam.com/video/n0NYBTkE1yQ/v-deo.html
You can choose Apartment 1 or Apartment 2 you want to live in..... and enough $ to survive and you show up every day to "plow their fields" like clockwork.... instead of chains to bind us... we have a time clock and.... if you don't like this field.... you can move to the neighbors "field" and clock in there. All trying to pay off a debt that was DESIGNED to be IMPOSSIBLE to pay it off..... they have the government by the balls.... and use the world's trade currency as a play thing to make us serve them. That is the Irony of it all.....
YES. THIS. *YES*
Yeah that'd work if people today weren't being affected by that same shit that happened in the past, you say it's not about ignoring it, yet here you are actively trying to erase the very real issues that are still happening, here you are trying to get people to believe it that the past has no impact on the present, even tho that is simply incorrect
@@rustykoenig3566 you and I both know why you "cannot STAND it" 👍
Morgan Freeman is such a gift to humanity.
Maybe Morgan Freeman needs to stick to what he knows (acting) and keep his Philosophical race BS to himself. Solving racism is NOT going away by "not talking about it". He was raised in Mississippi he knows that's not true.
@@ra15899550 You didn't get the point. Stupid ones don't realize they are stupid like you.
@@ra15899550found the Twitter activist.
@@ra15899550 are you black?
Racism is a weapon, I despise it to its core. But it’s not about weakening a weapon, but strengthening yourself. Racism will die if we l men show it means nothing, racism is a failed mindset that can be humiliated.weakness is complaining, strength is destroying
HE IS COMPLETELY RIGHT!!! How does race benefit us in any way at all? ALL BLACK PEOPLE are different from each other. Some I can relate to and others I don't understand or want to associated with AT ALL!!!!!!!! And sure that's the case in all races.
To think that we can continue to be grouped by race and end racism is stupid!!!
You can't claim a race and not expect to be subjected to the stereotypes that comes with it no matter if they are good or bad. That the purpose of race!
No you fucking idiot, quit trying to start shit when shes right 100%
+KeepItReal So? There are people out there that may want to hurt me because I am white. Or maybe hurt an Arab UA-cam commenter because he/she is Muslim. Should people like Rosalynn Artis then just give up on the hope that one day the world doesnt see her as a 'black' woman and perhaps just a woman? Or even better, just another human being, not even tied down by gender?
Come on man, just because there are people out there that would do someone harm due to their race/sex/religion/politics/whatever does not mean we should all give up on something as wonderful as the idea that the original poster and Morgan Freeman share.
+KeepItReal Listen, I am white so I can't completely argue with this, but what i can say is this:
Most white people, in modern society at least, wish no harm upon any specific person for reasons of skin color, gender, or religion. In fact, there are a lot of laws and bills passed to try and help minority groups who have not gotten a fair shake here in the States. It hasn't ended discrimination, but it has certainly limited it. The media, government, and others who hold all the power in this country want people like you, me, and OP to duke it out. This is because a people divided are a people easily conquered. I don't think "forgetting" about racism and the woe's it has caused your people, and others for that matter in the past is the answer, sure. But taking steps, no matter how small are never a bad thing.
Nobody rational wants black people to just forgive and forget, I certainly wouldn't if I were in their shoes. What most people want is just for everyone to find a way to remember but do so while not letting it impede race relations from improving, even if it is only in small increments at a time.
I hope I made sense, this is what I believe perhaps, but then I am not perfect so I may very well be wrong.
***** Exactly what part did you find to be fantasy??
The part about race be pointless and causing NO GOOD AT ALL
Or the part about as long as we acknowledge race we will have racism?
+Rosalynn Artis Thank You hmmm see Gods Children are Thank God !
Your right sadly people do not see THE HEART to much surface garbage!
You gunna relegate my history to a month! Pure gold
Not understanding that it's a societal "bookmark" to ensure that everyone remembers to learn about black history instead of making empty bigoted comments 💁
@Fk Gooogle
I don't know of any schools that don't teach any of these aforementioned topics. I would question how in depth the lessons are.
Are women's history, Asian heritage Pacific Islander heritage and LatinX history months unnecessary? 🤔
@@Mr._Moderate Oh here you go with the LatinX bullshit
@UCEqfN7-gbmuGuGlwghRvgRw And what the hell do you mean women's history? You're gonna separate what many brave women did for this country? You're gonna boil that down to a month too? Are they not part of American history? God you are such a fucking hypocrite.
@@miigusta is that all you took from what I said? Is that the only thing you can say? 🤔
“How are we going to stop racism?”
“Stop talking about it.”
Literally whenever there is a way I can think of for my little brothers to inconvenience me, the best option is to keep my big mouth shut.
But but what about subversion was what Mike Wallace really wanted to say.
As someone who is pansexual, I will say I feel the same way about Pride Month in June
I'm a straight guy, and one of my best friends is gay. We've had this conversation before, and he feels the same way. He told me that it was difficult enough for him to come out, but now whenever pride month comes around, he's painfully reminded of how he's grown up struggling as a gay man, and now everyone just parades it around - and that he believes it's mainly a BS marketing tactic by companies to appear "woke". He thinks it's borderline disrespectful to LGBTQ community that an entire month is dedicated to singling out the community. He said "all I want is to be treated like another ordinary person, because that's all I am. I don't need an entire month to celebrate the way I was born, that makes no sense". When he said that I was like damn, imagine your birthday lasting an entire month, but it's like a birthday you share with millions of people and some people dislike that it's your birthday. And he said "yeah that's exactly how it feels to me"
With all that being said, Fan.of.feet2, I'm sorry you have to put up with that
what do you mean pansexual?...you mean you have sex with pans?
Exactly. This special month to praise someone just because they are sexually active is ridiculous.
Like how can we make someone equal when we make them special with a month dedicated to them ? Thats how we dvide them again. That is not treating someone as equal.
I tried hitting on a pan once. Turns out they hit way harder.
morgan is absolutely right, and this applies to any month, any group of people
i'm trans and i fucking hate pride month. i don't even like calling myself "trans", i hate labels, i hate the acronym "LGBT" (and it gets cringier for every extra letter you add to it).
what exactly is segregating literally everyone who isn't straight supposed to accomplish?
the only people who care about pride month are entitled narcissists who want to shove flags in your face, along with companies who pretend to care so that they can try to squeeze an extra buck out of those people. it's completely pointless, it's only fueled by greed and narcissism. "pride" is just a joke now, it lost all its meaning a LONG time ago. i could go on and on.
Friendly reminder for 2022
And 2021, 2022 to the end's of time. One of my favorite videos ever.
Don't see another as a color. See another as a human
For real were all the same.
I’ve often said if we’d all been born blind racism wouldn’t be the problem. Lol. Can’t discriminate against what you can’t see, but then some ah human somewhere would feel something different (with hands) & discriminate over that probably. Sadly.
Too bad most people don’t think like us
But if one identifies as a blind hairless cat r u being racist⁉️😂😂😂im kiddin
@@isaiahfajardo4331
1. actually we are not all the same
2. So in order to accept someone you have to erase a feature about them? That makes you uncomfortable?
3. All of this from a looney bin naming himself Satan? 🤔
We need more humans like Morgan Freeman.
He wants everyone to be treated equaly in both ways.
That's an idealistic way of thinking to admire.
If you disagree with this video we can't help you.
clown comment
@@chacesimpson2856 Yeah true yours really is.
U a whole clown
@@chacesimpson2856 you just proved his point 🤦♂️
I'm gonna come here everyday for the month of February. 📛
Morgan Freeman knows he is much more than just his skin colour , he's intelligent enough mature enough and wise enough to know it.
Not 2020 Morgan Freeman. Check his social shit.
I agree. With these months, it's like we're giving certain types of people a special treatment or something, which defeats the whole purpose of treating everyone as an equal. If we didn't have these months and holidays and didn't talk about people's differences, there wouldn't be exclusion. Everyone would be treated equally because we just accept and set aside our differences and value each other as fellow humans.
Facebook just removed this and said it goes against community standards. Morgan Freeman is spot on with his position.
Run by a you know who.
It got ((shut down))
I've been saying this for years. I'm an English Teacher and a
black parent filed a grievance against me for saying the exact
same thing. I don't want to be reminded about slavery or the
civil rights and Abraham Lincoln once a year. It's ridiculous,
just make it part of daily history.
so you agree with the teachings of CRT?
@@bsavage3600 yes
To be fair, it's not really your job to talk about personal beliefs and politics to children in school
@@wawacat6568 Keep that in mind when I ask for prayers and salutations to a flag to gtfo public schools.
@@wawacat6568 First of all, It was in February and our instructional coach developed a curriculum black history month. She suggested that us Eng teachers cover AA authors but I was covering play writes on "Much Ado About Nothing" and at our PD she insisted that I teach about Afro American authors instead. Our curriculum rarely cover black writers through the year, only during BHM which is ridiculous.
I'm mixed race..I'm not proud to be white ..I'm not proud to be black..I'm proud to be me!...amen..:)
Whenever I need a dose of common sense. I listen to the Staples singer’s ’Respect Yourself’..
The part about not calling each other "[race] man" is one of the most important lessons to take from this.
I think the best way to think about it is to contextualize it a bit more personally and say: You don't have "black friends" or "white friends", you just have *friends*. Some of your friends may have certain genetic characteristics, others may not, but in the end it doesn't matter because you love them for who they are, not what they look like. Then used on a broader scale, there aren't "black men" and "white men", there are "men (who have black skin)" or "men (who have white skin)" just like there are "men (who are tall)" and "men (who have deep voices)". Though it may only appear to be a small difference, putting the fact that they're identified by their humanity first and random genetic traits second helps change the mindset a great deal because it focuses on commonalities (what makes us alike, what brings us together) before differences (what sets us apart, what divides us).
@@mikkorasanen9159 how is it over analyzing, and furthermore, how is this not about the culture?
@@mikkorasanen9159 Mmmm, not really. It's just adding more detail to what Morgan Freeman was saying.
Total legend, wish we had more Morgan Freeman’s in this world.
"I'm Jewish"
That doesn't change your ethnicity.
Edit: Jews are actually their own ethnicity.
I challenge you, without directly quoting a dictionary, define ethnicity in your own words. Then, define culture and race. Now, tell me in your next comment...why do we have 3 different words to categorize people? This in itself is the root of racism in America. Why can't I just be American?
***** Because that in and of itself creates a form of racism founded in overzealous patriotism in a global community.
Sea Wood patriotism is not racism, unless you say that your race is superior. You can even say the "United States is superior" though it wouldn't neccesarily be true, unless you were talking about it's military, or the relative freedom of it's people in comparison to others, or perhaps the concentration of its wealth.
Sea Wood Global community? No! I am a citizen of the United States of America not a citizen of any global community. I have and will always defend my countries right to abstain from any membership in any global community.
Hold on now, in a strange round about way, Sea Wood actually proved my point. If classifying myself as American rather than caucasian would still lead to racism, which we'd all agree that it could in extreme cases, then the problem is in fact with classification. Why does it matter what color my skin is or what country I hail from? How does that affect anything other than satisfying a racial demographic? Ultimately, until we decide as a people to stop classifying based on color or nationality, racism will continue to flourish and grow.
Watching this on this so called “Black History Month”
Same they got a whole new UA-cam logo just for it
Same
@@extrollacc4587 lmao the only thing we learned about black people was how great mlk was and how he defeated racism and don’t forget the great Rosa parks from breaking the law 🤣🤣
@@extrollacc4587 we get the one month... the shortest month actually out of 12 months please.. it's not that serious
@@slimmyjim1682 first your username is very much disrespectful and second that's what you, most likely a white person, learn while black people specifically kids learn something way more .
"I'm not white, i'm catholic"
I hope people are watching this today
Morgan Freeman is 100% correct. Also, if we stopped talking about racism and instead treat other with respect & dignity the world will be a better place.
I feel like a lot more people should listen to morgan freeman. Like others are saying. He’s doesnt mean to ignore racial injustice. But really to stop identity politics. Doing away with that system of thinking is the only real way to see everyone as the same.
Enter Morgan Freeman, Destroyer of Racism, God of all Logic
I’ve always agreed with Freeman. He’s spot on, yet the agenda in this country has gone backwards toward re-identifying every person as skin color first, character second, if at all. Thanks DEI and CRT for disintegrating unity and relations in this country. It’s racism based.
It's awful. Plus, we now look for dirt on people to see of they ever said anything racist or insensitive and then cancel them with no chance to prove themselves changed or clarify their actions. Heck, some have even tried to idiotically villify the entire World War II generation as racist, the same generation that literally helped ENACT civil rights (and included men like JFK). Ever notice how we'll constantly talk about racist whites, but almost NEVER about those back in the day that DID love people regardless of ethnicity? One prominent 1950s Hollywood actor, Roy Rogers, literally adopted both a Native American girl and a Korean girl. Infuriating how almost no one remembers these wonderful people.
Cancel people for what they do, not for what they say
@@thunderbird1921 well during the wwII generation there was severe inequity. Just because people were given the same rights on paper does not mean everyone was treated as equals even if one guy in Hollywood did
Lol
@@lucamne27 My point is, why don't we acknowledge those who DID treat people of other ethnicities as they should, and helped better society? We NEVER do that these days. I have NEVER seen our media promote ANY white civil rights activists, public figures or common people who helped make things more right. Just a month or two ago I read the story of the people of Pleasanton, Texas, who in the 1950s overwhelmingly VOTED to desegregate their schools and integrated entirely peacefully at the same time Little Rock was resisting. Why is this NEVER talked about? It should be taught right beside the Little Rock Nine and Ruby Bridges. To forget the good people is even MORE wrong than denying the evil folks! America has a serious problem if it is so obsessed with hate and anger that it cannot even recall the honorable and kind people of its past!
This man is truly an inspiration, he sees people not by the colour of their skin but who they individually are, not by how much money they have, or where they come from, but the actions that they perform in life. Honestly it would be an absolute honour to meet this man, I’m a huge fan of his work, and he is an inspiration to me.
"You want one?"
"No no!"
He's trying so hard to not seem racist
***** Because he's not. He doesn't need to not seem racist. You took his whole argument the wrong way. He doesn't agree with black history month because it's a form of self-segregation. We need to accept people as people, and race and culture as an observed fact. If people have a problem with it then tough luck getting along. We keep racism alive by bringing it up and arguing about it constantly.
Flock Of Moosen I agree, but I don't think he's trying not to seem racist; he's just been cornered.
AlchemistOfNirnroot Wait. You didn't think my comment was aimed at you, did you? Or are you just agreeing with me? I'm a bit confused right now.
He's not a racist in that he doesn't see black people as inferior, but he carries some strong racial biases that Freeman is pointing out.
He said "No no" like the idea of that is offensive to Jews but perfectly acceptable for black people...
Guy: You find black history month ridiculous? Why??
*12 seconds later*
Morgan: Would you want a jewish history month?
Guy: NO, no no!
“I’m not white, I’m Jewish”
*a little later, probably*
“As white men, we need to stop doing ____”
*STOP TALKING ABOUT IT*
@@KennethV2000 Stop not talking
@@sikwitit773 STOP TALKING ABOUT IT
@@KennethV2000 if you were sexually assaulted I highly doubt that is what you want everyone to do 👍
So the Jewish people are not white? 🤔
"There's only one race In the face of the planet and that's the human race." - Educator Jane Elliot.
If she really believes that, why is her entire career about making white people feel guilty for crimes they didn't do?
What about NASCAR?
What about like dogs and stuff
Hello, everyone. Hello, anyone. If you allow me, I'm going to tell you a short story about an experience that unfolded in my life as a child. It's now 25 years later, and this story can still bring tears to my eyes. (Warning: its a few paragraphs long, but this experience forever changed my outlook on life & racism.Yet, if that's too much a commitment I understand.)
It happened when I was around 9-10 years old, living in an all-white suburb outside of Chicago. I was an avid collector of baseball cards, and these cards meant the WORLD to me. One day I decided to take my most expensive cards, with NO intention of selling them, and ride my bike to an expo (card convention) which was taking place near my house. I was SO proud of them, and I wanted to show them off. After I arrived at the expo, two older kids asked me if they could look at my cards. Being a dumb, naive, and innocent kid I eagerly handed them over. Needless to say, one kid distracted me, while the other one stole my most valuable and cherished cards.
I was devastated. I'd felt like the universe just sucker punched my very soul. Tears streaming down my face, shoulders slumped, I started walking across the expo to get on my bike. I couldn't lift my eyes from the rolls of carpet strewn haphazardly around the expo, but then I noticed two legs walk in front of me blocking my path.
"Here. Take these." This voice said to me. He was attempting to hand me a bunch of cards in a 2-inch case.
"I don't want them!" (I'd felt like NOTHING could replace MY cards.)
"Look at me kid. (I look up and meet his eyes. It's a black guy, probably around 35-40 years old. He might have been the first black man I'd ever met.) Just do me a favor? I want you to have these cards. Just take them and look at them later. Okay?"
I took them begrudgingly, and without a shred of gratitude due to my sadness.
When later rolled around I could scarcely believe my eyes. This man had given me probably a thousand dollars worth of baseball cards. Of course, as a kid, this is what I truly noticed and appreciated. The monetary value of these cards completely blew my mind. Yet, now, as an adult I realize he gave me something far more special than a generous monetary gift. He gave me (or greatly enhanced) the ability to see things for what they really are. He gave me the ability to relate and empathize with anyone. His act of kindness allowed me to transcend any racial barriers I may have encountered in my lifetime.
So, while I never learned his name, nor anything about him, I write this in that mans honor. Thank you so very much for that act of kindness. You've forever changed my life.
+dexter thorn You know, they prescribe Adderall for narcolepsy. If you get any, sell me some.
Cool story, what a nice guy.
Great story
you read it all..?
God I love it when people of his caliber call it like it is and speak what millions are thinking, he's the prime example of the difference in mentally between a successful and unsuccessful person.
Why are you talking to God in this comment
If only most of the world was as smart as Morgan Freeman.
Well I always thought that Morgan Freeman is one of my favorite actors and great person in general. This clip just confirmed my opinion!
SPOT ON, SIR!!! FUCKING LOVE THIS!!! MORGAN FREEMAN FOR PRESIDENT!!!
As much as Morgan Freeman would probably make one of our greatest presidents, as my Grandpa always says, “Anyone smart enough to be president won’t take the job.”
@@threepunch5702 that's on point ,very well said
@@jorgegaytan3012 Thank you, Jorge!
@@threepunch5702 👍👍👍
I love Mr. Freeman but I'd be worried to see what the presidency would turn him into.
when a boggart comes at you 0:03
The wisest words ever to be spoken, yet go unappreciated.
God has spoken.
This man is a fucking genius. This man understands what equality is all about. Stop thinking about people in terms of race, sex, colour, sexuality.... think of people only in terms that THAT INDIVIDUAL person.
In other words, the color of your skin shouldn't matter. Whether is it negative or positive, it doesn't matter. It is just a physical trait. I am a brown latino, and it always annoys me a bit when people refer to other latinos as "my people". No they are not "my people". The only "my people" are my friends and family. The more we group ourselves, the more a toxic "us vs them" mentality forms. Treat a person who is black, brown, asian, etc the same way you would treat any other man/woman. Race is what you are not who you are.
Autism doesn’t define me. I am a man, end of story.
Absolutely true! I've said it for years and years why do we have to distinguish between black or white, why can't it just be a man or a woman, a boy or a girl! Thank you Morgan Freeman, I hope you still stand by this.
Even gender roles are getting less distinction. Let's just all be people, because we're all the same in the end
@@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421 We‘re all humans, yes, but let‘s not pretend that there aren‘t significant and beautiful differences between men and women. Those differences need to be celebrated and viewed in a way that‘s consistent with their common humanity, not abolished altogether.
@@sukka4pain if you want that kind of tradition in your community, that's fine with me, but it shouldn't be expected in our society. If you're a man who can't put himself in a women's shoes you're not one to tell how they would feel about it
It’s now February “black history month” and Morgan freemen would be upset. I am too it’s some nonsense
We should focus on who we are on the inside and not on the outside
@@pavvey1605 yeah, now it’s all about what race you are
@@clwhi4736 it's all propaganda now
We shouldn’t learn black history at All
@@slimmyjim1682 what, are you serious. If you don’t learn your history your doomed to repeat it. I mean there doesn’t need to be a month for black history, it should be a part of American and/or African history
Exactly! This is from a man that has made it in life so doesn’t need to make excuses as to why he has failed. The more any of us succeed, the less excuses and anger we will have. He is spot on!
People need to see this right now. UA-cam just added their logo BHM
@Johnny Five How do you block that logo?
@Johnny Five I would like to know as well, it's just ugly to look at
@Johnny Five thanks dude
@Johnny Five Thanks, got it to work
@Johnny Five you're doing God's work sir
reviewtechusa brought me here and this is freaking awesome! morgan freeman telling it like it is!
danusty me to
lol me too
Me four, Morgan Freeman is just a brilliant human being.
Me five!
3spooky5me
Why is UA-cam trying to hide this video?
How ridiculous is all these latin american history month, black history month, all that bs is just perpetuating the stereotypes
He’s a wise, intelligent human being. One of my favorite actors
Mr. Freeman nails it! I agree 100%!