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The term African-American is insulting: Morgan Freeman – Turkiye Newspaper appeared on www.turkiyenewspaper.com by Elif.Oender.
Morgan Freeman gave an interview to The Sunday Times about Black History Month and the term “African-American”.
According to the news of The Independent, the 85-year-old world-famous actor made the following statements:
“Two things I can say publicly that I do not like. Black History Month is an insult. You’re going to relegate my history to a month?
“Also ‘African-American’ is an insult. I don’t subscribe to that title. 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’.”
Noting that most blacks in America are mulatto, the actor said, “You say Africa as if it’s a country when it’s a continent, like Europe.”
WHAT IS THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH?
Black History Month, an annual celebration that takes place in October in the UK and in February in the US, is a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora.
Freeman’s point about the term “African-American” is that people would not say “Euro-American” – they would specify a country, for example, “Italian-American”.
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(Independent)
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