Morgan Freeman Slams Black History Month: ‘I Detest It’

Actor Morgan Freeman expressed his disdain for Black History Month, stating that black history is American history and should not be confined to a single month.

Freeman emphasized the importance of knowing and remembering the past to avoid repeating it.

He criticized the concept of allocating a short month for celebrating black history, highlighting his belief that it is a fundamental part of the broader American narrative.

“I detest it. The mere idea of it,” Freeman said. “You are going to give me the shortest month in a year? And you are going to celebrate ‘my’ history?! This whole idea makes my teeth itch. It’s not right.”

“My history is American history,” he said. “It’s the one thing in this world I am interested in, beyond making money, having a good time and getting enough sleep.”

“If you don’t know your past, if you don’t remember it, you are bound to repeat it,” he added. “Do you know this song? ‘To everything, there is a season.’ It really, really works in show business. You are trying to sell something 15 years ago and nobody even looks at you. Then they go: ‘Didn’t you have a project, some time ago? Do you still have it?’ Life is like that, in this industry. You have got something you think is important, but trying to convince others is the difficult part.”

Freeman has previously voiced similar sentiments about Black History Month, rejecting the label “African-American” and asserting that black history is integral to the fabric of American history.

“I don’t subscribe to that title,” Freeman said previously. “Black people have had different titles all the way back to the n-word and I do not know how these things get such a grip, but everyone uses ‘African-American.’ What does it really mean?”