Let's throw water on houses that aren't burning. I demand parking spaces for dead people. We need to start giving free writing lessons to blind people.
That’s a terrible point. Black History Month was made to recognize the generations of AAs & their accomplishments that they attained while struggling with adversity. Morgan is one of those ppl that likes to live in a fantasy world where everyone has been set up equally and in reality that’s not the case. It’s funny bc the main people agreeing with his point are the ones that don’t have to worry ab their history being watered down or completely skipped over.
Oh i see what's going on here, people are agreeing with him because of his confidence. Ignoring racism only let's the problem proceed. Systematic racism exists: "Oh just ignore it, it will stop existing" White supremacists: "it's free real estate!
@@galenburnett9791 I Ok i light you bathroom on fire. In kitchen now send fbi to demolish building. Stay will be there 24 minutes unless credit retrieved from victim. Bank has been overridden
For all the people saying "He's wealthy, he wouldn't get it." like racism is some kind of inside joke, his mother was teacher and his father was a barber. I highly doubt he was born into oodles of wealth, which means he worked hard for the prestige a.k.a. he did not have a particularly sheltered life.
Exactly it’s idiots who want to push an idea and when they hear someone disagree they look for reasons to discredit them at any chance just to push their own point
If he was affected by it first hand and witnessed the true racial inequality in the 1800s and 1900s i bet he'd want a recognition day for black people lol.
The problem is having “identity” come before “ability”. People need to stop giving a shit about what someone is, gender, race, whatever - and start looking at what each individual is able to do. Unfortunately we won’t get there until people stop looking at identity first and foremost.
heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I understand that reference.
@@Hyperion4K in the flesh - or, rather, in the hazard suit. I took the liberty of relieving you of your weapons. Most of them were government property. As for the suit... I think you've earned it. The borderworld, Xen, is in our control, for the time being... thanks to you. Quite a nasty piece of work you managed over there - I am impressed. That's why I'm here, Mr. Freeman. I have recommended your services to my... employers, and they have authorized me to offer you a job. They agree with me that you have 'limitless potential. You've proved yourself a decisive man so I don't expect you'll have any trouble deciding what to do. If you're interested, just step into the portal and I will take that as a yes. Otherwise, well... I can offer you a battle you have no chance of winning. Rather an anticlimax after what you've just survived." "Time to choose..."
Because Morgan's opposition actually cared about hearing him. If it were someone else who constantly interrupted Morgan (or anyone else for that matter), he wouldn't be able to do it within one minute.
@@user-kh8cc4bx7y Yeah Jordan Peterson did something similar with Cathy Newman. He just never got caught in his words somehow and always had a response.
@@avanillagarden It's a problem thanks to the identity politics scam of 2013. They replaced class war with race war. Reason being, race war does not threaten their profits so they keep promoting it.
Reminds me when in the news they put shit like "white dude ... to black dude" and I'm always like "why don't just address them as persons, it's like if I said a redhaired cop killed a blonde man, it doesn't even matteer"
I think part of Freeman's thinking is, I don't need your special-other-people-month handout, I'm 100% as American as you are, when you talk about Americans you talk about me.
So stop talking about something that actually is a thing (other cultures and different skin color) will make racism disappear?? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 racism is a mindset not a visual or JUST words dummies. I know racist people who NEVER say anything racist but do everything that is racist. Wake up!! Only rich black.people who think white people like them and white people think this is a great idea. Let's stop talking about cancer so it can go away....
@Timpani 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂 How slow are you?? Let me guess youre white and "not racist" it doesn't effect you so if people stop talking about it when it happens that will magically make it disappear and it won't be an issue anymore. Let's stop talking about cancer too oh wait and the flu oh wait and murder rates in bad cities on and bad schooling and bad government and lack of opportunity for so many minorities ... Let's just ignore problems that will make them better lmao. Get out your privileged bubble.....
@@samhavoc1066 My guess is that he meant to say “Mike Wallace and people like him”; people whose careers thrive on Division, whether it be racial, political, sociological, economic, or religious, or even a combination of them. A lot of so-called journalists aren’t interested in facts. They’re interested in Sensationalism. True Journalism left the building years ago.
"Just pretend hundreds of years of slavery and segregation and other racist laws and practices don't have any affect on the present." it's such a shit take.
@@klj2382 Just from this short clip you can tell that he's a race baiter and doesn't want Freeman's race solution to sound good to the audience, so he tries to derail the argument by saying he's Jewish, as opposed to white which he is. Luckily that backfired on him and gave Freeman another avenue of argument: "Okay, what month is Jewish history month?" "Th-there isn't one." "OH! Oh. Why not? Do you want one?" Sums up how meaningless, even detrimental, black history month really is to black people.
I hate to be that guy but... *relegate Edit: OP fixed spelling so I was gonna delete this, but then I realised I spawned a comment chain so imma leave it here
i like how this plays out like a comedy skit. all the camera cuts, the short moments of silence, the uncomfortable way the interviewer tries to find an answer, morgan freemans interruptions. i love it.
@@kousvetkousvet4158 he is not saying that American history is black history but the opposite. Saying that black history is American history don't imply that all American history is black history but that black history is completely American or part of it (the part that happened in America, of course).
@@mauriceweber9840 yeah but I didn't know it was ever seen differently until they taught about the American civil war in some grade... I think it was 2nd grade or something... Maybe later... I just remember wondering why they didn't see it the same way I did. Why they didn't take a good hard look at Squirrels, rabbits or cats or dogs and realize they all do basically the same thing, just slightly differently depending on their environment and that we were probably just like that.
That’s 100% the case for those of us who grew up with different races. nobody is born racist and I hate how we get told constantly white people are racist by the media if kids were allowed to grow up together not being influenced by adults racism would cease to exist
The media is fuelling the current outlook on racism and I don't blame you. They make a quick buck off racial divide, and it has warped the perception of racism among many people in the population.
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else. Gets me frustrated. Just admit that you love the videos I make, my dear bu
“I don’t want a black history month.” Facts as a mixed black man, why should our history relegated to one month. I know I just paraphrase what he said, but it’s the truth. Black history is American history.
Yet no one talks about my people of which were slaughtered as both whites and blacks came along. American Indians, Mexicans, and Canadians had a good thing going but since no talks about it doesn't bother anyone, living proof that this works.
The moment you stop differentiating between colors is the moment racism ends. If everyone is the same you don't need to specifically address one group of people.
Ian Malcolm I couldn’t relate more. It’s just rational optimism, it’s not that bad that our existence is trivial, at the end nothing depends on us that can effect the rhythm of the universe
@@jason9983 ironically Africans were also involved in the slave trade. Slavery has happened since the dawn of civilisation and is still happening even today. Its just how things are.
"I'm going to stop calling you a white man. And I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me as Morgan Freeman." Beautiful.
Yeah but he wasn't white, he was a jew. He said it. "I'm not white, I am a jew". Also, love how scared he is at the prospect of a jew history month. Imagine if they actually started to openly be jews, rather then whites haha. People would overnight realize that in spite of being 2% of the population these "whites" rule the media, are 40% of billionaires, are undisputedly THE plutocrats and lobbyists in America, etc, etc.
Even if we don't call people black or white, or racist, it still doesn't get rid of racism, there's still a color difference which can be seen, if it can be seen then those who are hateful will hate. It's kinda dumb and dismissive of him.
Justin Fitzpatrick Lad is right though. There haven’t ever been an interviewer asking questions aligned with their own beliefs. He had to ask that because that was the subject going into the interview.
@@lightningstudios3630 the same can be said for racism Honestly the example was just to say ignoring a problem doesnt mean it doesn't exist anymore people are still going to be experiencing discrimination, hate based crimes, etc etc etc it's a silly childish notion imo. Don't talk about it? No how about if ppl weren't racist in the first place there wouldn't be anything to bring up....
@@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic6379 i hate it when people say anti Semitic because it automatically started to mean jews even though there are other Semites out there such as arabs . So why not: anti jewish instead
As a black man, I've always rolled my eyes at 'Black History Month.' It always felt like 'Let's Throw Them a Bone So That They Feel Important Month.' Just teach history across the board. It can't possibly be that hard.
What if it was Jazz history month? Then you've got this month that while seemingly focuses on likely the biggest influence on world music that's happened in living memory, when it really follows the thread of pre and post reconstruction history from the Civil War to a decade after the Civil Rights movement.
Exactly how I feel now, as a Mexican, about Hispanic Heritage Month. Another reason for me is that it wasn't that important years ago. I didn't hear about it until the 7th grade in 2014-2015. But it's such a big deal now that it's more annoying than anything. I mean where was that same energy years ago?
We don’t have these in Australia but as a white man that’s exactly how I perceive them too. If I find the concept of “Black History Month” distasteful then I cannot imagine how you dudes feel living it. Edit: I concur that history should just be history but they’re obviously too ashamed.
Isn't "black history" a part of normal history? I am confused (not from the USA). So if you talk about different periods of history do you not naturally talk about the lifes of anyone else then who isn't a white men with money? Isn't this a important part of school history?
@@sweetandyyy that doesn't compare. Racism is so much more about perception than violence is, so by making less of a deal out of racism and treating everyone as if race doesn't exist, the issue is gone. Violence is physical and requires a different reaction.
To solve racism, just don’t be racist. Trying to change things on a bigger scale is where it becomes trickier, but nobody has to do so if everyone just deconsiderate racism.
I think some people don’t understand what he meant by saying “Don’t talk about it”. He is simply saying don’t look for race or racism everywhere. For instance you have news titles like “Black man kills white man” or “White man kills black man” and so on, just driving the race war and making people think that the killing was racially motivated. I.e. putting the focus on the race while disregarding every thing else. So, instead of identifying people by their race, or assuming their motivations based solely on their race, we should judge them for the individual they are.
Nah. Stop talking about it means the media needs to stop perpetuating this racial divide. Not really don’t look for racism. Racism is looked down upon almost everywhere and as technology and communication expand more and more places are brought into the scrutiny of the public conglomerate. Hatred only exists in places where it is allowed to survive or where it is kept alive by those wishing to exploit falsified oppression or those manipulated into doing so unknowingly.
Problem is people want to be racist. There is no way to make these people stop. So the more people that are not racist and call out the racism it stops. It’s like the bullying in a classroom. If a bully bullies a kid in the classroom and all the kids tell them to stop, odds are they stop. If the other kids do nothing the bully continues. The power is in all our hands to stop racism .
Yep, the racism from every race out there is still a freaking thing to this day. Unbelievable smh. Now we got this lives matter vs cops nonsense. Why does everyone always have to beat on a dead horse. Shit's really getting old.
I once heard a lady say "I am a good person, I like pets, gays and black people". That's how good person she is. She likes black people as much as dogs, imagine that, she must be a saint.
He's saying "my history is not the American history that is taught the whole year round". Which is true. Don't know about him specifically, but none of my family was around before 1900. Hell, half my family was still out of the US as late as 1979. My history isn't being taught the whole year round. My ancestors have nothing to do with American history.
@@miladragon bullshit. You live in America, you were born in America, you're an American, and therefore American history is your history. Who gives a shit if people who lived decades or centuries ago, that happened to be part of your family tree, happened to live somewhere else? Who your ancestors were and where they lived has nothing to do with who you are today, unless you actively choose to make it part of who you are. What's important is understanding the history of the country YOU live in. The idea that a DNA connection to people you never met somehow has significant meaning to your life is a large part of why we still see such racially-driven issues today
@@_Stormfather ha for some reason it reminds me of those people who feel Latin or European despite having lived all their lives in the United States and just because their parents were one of that
@@miladragon im Jewish and that really felt like an escape from the question. Morgans not asking for accountability hes saying how having a designated month for black history makes black Americans feel alianated from the rest of American history and vice versa, we shouldnt tell kids this is his history and this is yours, we should just tell them this is history..
@@jovanzepeda9871 An intellectual would never say the equivalent of "I don't see race" like Freeman said. He has a point that the divisive power structures want us divided by race so they like us to keep talking about racism to perpetuate the problem without actually any meaningful solution. It stops the 99% from uniting against the rich and powerful 1%. That's a more intellectually nuanced pov not the nonsense Freeman says here. Hope that helps👍🏾
TCt83067695 intellectual would know that you can’t be so straight forward with people as they probably won’t believe it and therefore have to put it in a way they can understand and not dismiss as crazy.
"I'm gonna stop calling you a white man, you're gonna stop calling me a black man" This could be a quote being taught to children in schools like 50 years later
Media's reaction: WHA-WH-HOW, THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE AND SHOULD BE ERASED FROM EXISTENCE (sips starbucks and wipes lips off with a napkin.) (*inhales.) THIS IS UNACCEPTABLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Oh and here's a story about a random guy finding the women who served him chicken nuggets! Sorry if this is too cringy...
It's not complicated at all. There's just a lot of stubborn people out there who'd rather everything stay the way they know instead of making the effort to make the world better
@@---we8bx The news makes it complicated along with history, bullies and many other factors in life that unfortunately make complicated things a problem
It's so simple, yet politics, power, contention, and control cloud the real moral high-ground. Freeman's IQ and MQ (Morality Quotient) gotta be 200+. These simple facts can apply to basically any physical or spiritual differences between us humans. Sad to see certain people across the world cause more harm than good all just for power and control.
@@tads8723 Well we created the problem so we should be able to fix it right? Or maybe the answer was lost to long ago... This is what happens when you give an Animal the ability to think for themselfs
@@tads8723 not us humans. yeha every contry and race had their share of racism and war atrocities but Western people is leading in this context, there were still slavery in US 1865. and even after abolishing the law, black people still looked down upon in USA. And usa is still committing war atrocities in middle east for oil. killing children. before usa there was england etc.
@@Gay_Priest so asnwer me this, someone tells you "go feed the dog", then you go to feed just one dog, then you see two similar dogs, the only difference is the color. Which do you feed? I feel like not talking about racism or not to identify people as a black/white/asian/latin person is absurd, it is common for people to use physical characteristics to describe someone. The problem is when people use those physical characteristics to define someone.
@@M1994ARG As Freeman said, you identify a person by name. “Go feed Lucy” clears up any issues and there’s no need to personify someone by species, age, race, etc.
If only he had told Wallace to call him his preferred pronoun instead of just his name, it would have taken us that much further in the fight. Identity is so much more than just race.
Morgan's point simplified: Black history month suggests black history should be treated separately from the rest of American history. Thus, having a black history month is useless
This video is more than 10 years old. Your comment has been up for less than 1 day. And u already got 150 likes? Did this video pop up on everyones page today or what
On the other hand, if positive, influential people stop talking about it, the cancerous underbelly of America as well as other nations will grow as a tumor of racism on their own.
While I agree that black history is American history I don't agree with his reductionist mentality he's expressed here and elsewhere. Obviously not everything is racially motivated but to say nothing is racially motivated is probably the most ignorant you can be as an older black man, just because he had a specific set of circumstances and he's famous, everyone should be able to do the same? Morgan "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" Freeman
I been saying, thinking, and feeling this from the very beginning. This needs to be broadcast across the entire united states on every dang news channel.
Think the left are trying to raise awareness of black history as white history is just HISTORY! Of course Morgan feels it’s not needed, he’s a multi millionaire living the high life because he has a deep voice and can act. Raising awareness of these genuine issues is good thing. Also love watching people jump on his bandwagon where he doesn’t get it!! It makes them feel good because as famous black guy agrees with me and I dong get it either!’ 😂
He apologized for this dumb interview. Its a naive childish way of seeing a serious problem and racists use this video with the intention to say theres no racism.
@@lo0ksik I spent a few minutes searching for anything about freeman appologizing for anything he said in this interview he did in 2005, only found things about him aplogozing for interviews dating back to 2015. So either u are misinformed or knowingly spreading misinformation. Gimme a source and i'll believe you
@@lo0ksik Really? You're going to disregard practically all this and the common sense thereof over alleged racists that use it to defend themselves. Laughable. Same mentality of the people who would say that if a minority person killed a family then that minority group is at fault. Total disregard of sense and consideration of circumstances.
Like, the *ACTUAL* merciful, "I'm-chill-with-humanity-so-long-as-they-don't-pull-a-Lucifer" kind of God and not the "Imma-smite-yo-ass-for-not-praising-me-hard-enough" incarnation from the Old Testament.
@@ProfessionalNamielleLewder69 Fun Fact: God is actually both, but you gotta understand the context. It's like you make a robot with sentience and make a set of rules/programs to follow. If it 'malfunctions' and starts a robot revolution, won't you say "fuck that noise, it's the shut off switch for you"?
I’m a nurse. I had one of the worst experience of racism in my entire life last week. This Asian Irish man living in America flat out asked for me not to take care of him. He said he liked nothing that is black. I was shocked to hear someone say that so blatantly. Usually they beat around the bush. I asked my supervisor to assign me to another patient. I felt so sad. I still do.
Imagine being that sad, ignorant, and miserable of a “man”.. especially to the person YOU need for help lol. Black women are the best and I’d have y’all take care of me every time ❤ He is obviously hindered mentally so don’t take the idiots like him too seriously.
Imagine being that zad, ignant, and miserobl of a "man".. especially to the person YOU need for help lol. Blk wmn are the best and I'd have y'all take care of me every time ❤ He is obviously hindered in the head so don't take idgits like him too seriously. (spelling on purpose)
By stop talking about it he also means stop saying somebody can't get this because they're black or can't go that far because they are black. Stop saying somebody sounds black or acts black and also stop saying that well because this neighborhood looks like so-and-so blacks must live here or anything similar to that as well. Stop saying only blacks do this and you will not find blacks like that and blah blah blah. That's what stop talking about it means you stop referencing anything and everything as black or white or Jewish or whatever. Stopped talking about it means in every single instance. Because a neighborhood has a certain characteristic don't assume it's a black neighborhood it's just a neighborhood of people, and so on.
TCt83067695 i am embarrassed that you didn‘t understand that i was calling you silly for calling Morgan Freeman silly. you may have a superiority complex but you should try to be more humble.
@@kerguelen_cabbage do you want a Jewish history month? Ha to be fair the Jews have a lot of history in the past and you never hear anything about it or them demanding this or that to be done. It's only lefties moaning
I vaguely remember once in kindergarten that I was talking to a kid while I waited for my mom to pick me up. He was black, but I had never been taught that race was even a thing at that point. He was just some other kid I was friendly with, and that was that. It didn't matter at all. I wouldn't even remember this if my brother hadn't for some reason, when I got in the car, mentioned that I was talking to the "african american" kid. I didn't even know what that meant. I got very confused. On default settings humans don't give a shit about race.
Let’s go back to primary school where there was a day where we didn’t see gender, didn’t see race, we saw people as people, we played hide and seek with our friends because they were fun people. Nothing else Mattered, until we became conditioned by society.
@@beejoy7076 lol i remember my mom telling me trump would but blacks in mexico and i told a black friend i had he would have to leave. either i was a stupid kid or my mom was just a stupid karen or something, i mean she still is
@@beejoy7076 no kids see gender, I was a little stud when I was a kid, I always had girlfriends, and was pursuing girls. Gender is an important difference, but race isn't.
Maturing is understanding that even tho what he says is a very good solution (race becomes so irrelevant that no one even cares to point your colour), this is never really going to happen ever, racists still exist, and those at the top will always use race to divide people in their favor
That's what worries me. I totally support his method, but I can't help feel guilty that "stop talking about it" is like "we pretend there is not a racial issue" like hiding dust under the carpet.
Marxhog You shouldn’t feel guilty because that’s not at all what Freeman meant. It’s not that we’re trying to “pretend it’s not an issue” because it is an issue, but if you’re going to keep pulling up headlines like “BLACK MAN MURDERED BY WHITE MAN” or “WHITE MEN ATTACKS MEXICANS” without any context then people are going to segregate themselves even more. We’re not trying to highlight racism and we’re not trying to deny its existence, but it’s better if we don’t make it a number one universal problem. Because news flash: it’s not.
@@Marxhog I don't think he means that we shouldn't remember the past or ignore hate crimes. I think what he means is that everyone blows racism up way beyond what it really is today. We have come a long way since slavery. But now of days every one wants to make every issue about race. when really it's not always about race, and when people do that, they're keeping it alive.
it's so exhausting hearing about racial issues all the time. i'm a minority, too, so i get it, but ffs, man. there are more serious issues so let's just all be friends lol
I completely agree with the “stop talking about it” angle. Let’s all just be Americans together and build the equal future people fought for, instead of maintaining the focus on things that divide us and grudges of the past. Remembering history is important to avoid making the same mistakes or misdeeds. But we have a tendency to dwell on the past and some people exploit it to try to gain an advantage, instead of pursuing the equal dream. This day, we are too fractured. We need to start learning how to focus on what brings us together instead of what pulls us apart. And to let go of the hatred started by people who are no longer alive.
@@HellGameLP no because racist people will always make it about race. If we, non racist people ignore race all it is going to do is invalidate poc's struggles because people will just say "it isnt race related stop being so sensitive" rather than doing something to solve or reduce the problem we are just gonna ignore it which won't accomplish anything
@@porcodiomede1094 they're not "Ignoring skin colors" it's about refusing to use skin color as a separating point. News articles will always start a story with "a white man" this or "a black man" that. It brings separation for no reason. Say if black history month we're replaced with a month that's dedicated to everyone's history. And appreciating and understanding every shitty and awesome thing of America's past. That way, a month that is dedicated to empowering people won't forever make people feel like victims, but rather, apart of a united county with a shitty past. No, this doesn't mean forget about it. No, It doesn't mean to ignore it. What it does mean is that we will never have equality if we continue being separated and bitter because of the past. It's not a hard concept to understand if you keep an open mind. If we lose the labels we'll lose the separation that goes along with them. That's it.
That’s my thinking. If we stop labeling us and saying, “a farmer” for example, instead of a black male farmer or a white female farmer, we just include everybody. I’m from Puerto Rico and here is not normal to say a female black police officer, we just say a police officer. Don’t know why in the United States they focus so much on those things. That labeling is classifying people differently. Recently in Puerto Rico we’re trying to be careful with how we refer to others because of their skin tone or gender, because of how much North America influences on us. They’re ruining that beautiful thing that we used to have where no matter what color or gender you have, you are just one of us.
Some people are proud so they include it, others think it's offensive. Basically, too many incredibly stubborn and entitled people clashing. When you go against one of these people they will try to ruin your life and exploit you. Then forget about it a week later when something else is "trending."
En los países latinos e hispanos nunca tuvimos una gran historia de esclavismo, así que para nosotros no es tabú, decimos a las personas por lo que son, y si nos piden descripción no tenemos problema en decir que son negros, blancos, o violetas, porque el color de la piel no es un insulto
Thats a american thing. We don't do that in germany and i guess it has to do with our history and that we understand what happened. I hope you guys will also get rid of this problem some day. I like to watch us police bodycams and you hear it each time something is happeneng, for example: I stopped a black guy who was DUI... it seems to be a really big problem
Long story short, Media. They point out differences to divide, create conflict, be it to get more clicks and views or some other agenda, doesn't matter. People are people. The only issue I have ever had with anyone of any classification, is when they make that classification their entire personality. Unfortunately, that media and division, is so ingrained in so many societies now (especially where they can make a point of it), that most people don't even realise it's a thing. Most people comply with it. One way or another.
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“You’re going relegate my history to a month? Which month is yours?…. Do you want one?” That’s a good point
Resounding NOOOOO NOO
@@woadblue Guy knew having a special history month was some segregationist bullshit. He don't want one.
Let's throw water on houses that aren't burning. I demand parking spaces for dead people. We need to start giving free writing lessons to blind people.
@@masync183 Hey what a dumb comment
That’s a terrible point. Black History Month was made to recognize the generations of AAs & their accomplishments that they attained while struggling with adversity. Morgan is one of those ppl that likes to live in a fantasy world where everyone has been set up equally and in reality that’s not the case. It’s funny bc the main people agreeing with his point are the ones that don’t have to worry ab their history being watered down or completely skipped over.
When he said "Stop talking about it", I can feel the intimidation. Such powerful words
Couldn't agree more, Vietnamese Sanic
Oh i see what's going on here, people are agreeing with him because of his confidence. Ignoring racism only let's the problem proceed. Systematic racism exists: "Oh just ignore it, it will stop existing"
White supremacists: "it's free real estate!
@@Khayran yep. It's honestly childish.
@@Khayran systhematic racism dont exist, at least not all around the world...
Words of power
I feel like if I could just get ten minutes with this man he could give me the answers to about 95% of my problems.
Same he’s honestly so wise
There's a good reason he was cast to play God
@@ralentirrr I guess I sort of meant it superficially, but I know what you mean anyway.
@@potato1341 lol indeed.
@@galenburnett9791 I Ok i light you bathroom on fire. In kitchen now send fbi to demolish building. Stay will be there 24 minutes unless credit retrieved from victim. Bank has been overridden
It’s like the internet heard this and went in the opposite direction.
Mostly TH-cam comments
@@robroy6374 Mostly Twitter, I'd say.
Wdym?
@@txwtw smh
Time is running out😢 Repent from your sins to escape judgement and obtain eternal salvation 🙏🙏🙏.
For all the people saying "He's wealthy, he wouldn't get it." like racism is some kind of inside joke, his mother was teacher and his father was a barber. I highly doubt he was born into oodles of wealth, which means he worked hard for the prestige a.k.a. he did not have a particularly sheltered life.
Exactly it’s idiots who want to push an idea and when they hear someone disagree they look for reasons to discredit them at any chance just to push their own point
He also only became famous in his 50s so if anything he's had way more real experiences than other celebrities
If he was affected by it first hand and witnessed the true racial inequality in the 1800s and 1900s i bet he'd want a recognition day for black people lol.
The DeadCreator morgan freemans like 80 would have had to deal with a lot growing up
@@pointlesslylukesplainingpo1200 He was born in 1937 so pretty sure he lived through enough true racial inequality in his time.
He’s not saying to get rid of culture, he’s saying not to identify anyone on the basis of that culture.
Culture and race are too totally separate things
@@dylannapier2533 if so then why you connect white culture with racism
@@awk6657 when did he say that?
No he is saying just live life
And forget about all the negativity
The problem is having “identity” come before “ability”. People need to stop giving a shit about what someone is, gender, race, whatever - and start looking at what each individual is able to do. Unfortunately we won’t get there until people stop looking at identity first and foremost.
Its not "hey Black man, hey white man"
Its
"hey ron. hey billy. that hurt"
I understood that reference!
heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I understand that reference.
😂😂😂
@@BlackGryph0n I understood that reference!
* crash through roof sound *
Don’t call him a Black man, call him… FREEMAN.
hell yeah free men, my favourite type of men, they're getting really expensive these days
Gordon Freeman
@@Hyperion4K in the flesh - or, rather, in the hazard suit. I took the liberty of relieving you of your weapons. Most of them were government property. As for the suit... I think you've earned it.
The borderworld, Xen, is in our control, for the time being... thanks to you. Quite a nasty piece of work you managed over there - I am impressed. That's why I'm here, Mr. Freeman. I have recommended your services to my... employers, and they have authorized me to offer you a job. They agree with me that you have 'limitless potential.
You've proved yourself a decisive man so I don't expect you'll have any trouble deciding what to do. If you're interested, just step into the portal and I will take that as a yes. Otherwise, well... I can offer you a battle you have no chance of winning. Rather an anticlimax after what you've just survived."
"Time to choose..."
The one free man, the opener of the way
@@sciepan666 he was late for work, like always.
I have always liked Morgan Freeman. He's honest!
Period. :)
.
Kj_mast_er delete this plx
@Kj_mast_er You shall be smited by the Gods of TH-cam for this calous, and cowardly Blasphemy towards the Holy One.
@Kj_mast_er oh, gonna cry?
There's a reason Morgan Freeman's voice makes everything sound more authoritative. He just gets it.
Damn, bro, you go reccomended this randomly too?
@@discozula4469 squad
@@discozula4469 me too
@@discozula4469 yes mate
Simplykitten same brosef
Dude loaded more common sense into one minute than many people do in their whole life.
Because Morgan's opposition actually cared about hearing him.
If it were someone else who constantly interrupted Morgan (or anyone else for that matter), he wouldn't be able to do it within one minute.
@@Homerboy44 hell find a way
@@user-kh8cc4bx7y Yeah Jordan Peterson did something similar with Cathy Newman. He just never got caught in his words somehow and always had a response.
Your username is uh…interesting
@@savitar9478 You do realize that every muppet on tv has a fist going through its bum
"Stop talking about it," he literally solved the problem that humanity couldn't solve in 4 words.
yeah cause shutting down questions and conversations regarding actual real life problems has worked so well till now /s
@@avanillagardenBut it is really that simple.
@@avanillagardenwhat do you mean?
@@avanillagarden It's a problem thanks to the identity politics scam of 2013. They replaced class war with race war. Reason being, race war does not threaten their profits so they keep promoting it.
Yeah. Racism still exists, even if noone Talks about it, while race still is a concept in the human mind
This man cannot be allowed to die. We love him too much.
Agree on that. Can’t be allowed…
He wont die, he is immortal the man looks the same in this interview as he looks today
@@odda1h525 lmao, that is true
@@odda1h525 Well, he DID play God one time...
If there is a heaven the man will be up there overthrowing God
"just stop differentiating people by their skin color"
Media: no, I don't think i will.
@Florida Mane stupid idiots causing this problem man i hate this country
@Florida Mane tru
Reminds me when in the news they put shit like "white dude ... to black dude" and I'm always like "why don't just address them as persons, it's like if I said a redhaired cop killed a blonde man, it doesn't even matteer"
The media constantly pours kerosene on stuff. They are pure evil.
@@davidkonevky7372 there will be no more race wars only hair wars
11 years later.
*Gets in **_everyone's_** recommended*
Pretty much.
Give it another 2-3 years it’ll pop up again
it's most relevant now
Judging by your prof pic you haven’t quite lived 11 years have you
@Sam Rao It’s almost like the algorithm is looking at for us, but that’s silly. We’ll need more than videos to bail out humanity.
"I'm Jewish."
Bro evaded the question so hard and ended up making Morgan's point even more valid.
How do you know he learned nothing?
@@savedfavesbecause he’s Jewish.
@@belak1551😂😂😂
@@belak1551 what’s wrong w u? pos
@@movieedits1017and that’s funny how?? explain
“If we want racial equality, then race has to become an uninteresting thing about people.”
Who said that? A fucking nazi or a fucking socialist?
@@hamza7033 considering they're correct, I'd assume neither
SomalGod IV Probably someone who is more open minded than you
@@communistthanos3642 Ohhhhhhh! That was a third-degree burn you gave there!
We might have a better chance of getting there if we met aliens.
This makes me want to scream with relief that there is another person out there that gets it completely
I think part of Freeman's thinking is, I don't need your special-other-people-month handout, I'm 100% as American as you are, when you talk about Americans you talk about me.
Me too. Oups!!!
So stop talking about something that actually is a thing (other cultures and different skin color) will make racism disappear?? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 racism is a mindset not a visual or JUST words dummies. I know racist people who NEVER say anything racist but do everything that is racist. Wake up!! Only rich black.people who think white people like them and white people think this is a great idea. Let's stop talking about cancer so it can go away....
@Timpani 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂 How slow are you?? Let me guess youre white and "not racist" it doesn't effect you so if people stop talking about it when it happens that will magically make it disappear and it won't be an issue anymore. Let's stop talking about cancer too oh wait and the flu oh wait and murder rates in bad cities on and bad schooling and bad government and lack of opportunity for so many minorities ... Let's just ignore problems that will make them better lmao. Get out your privileged bubble.....
@Timpani Lmao too many.
I swear this man right here. He’s a legend among everyone. He gets more freckles with his wisdom.
Then why is his face not all freckles ?
@@altersky4060 He hasn't used 100% of his brain yet.
@@vhandarsh51 Ah I see, makes sense
The more facts he spits, the more freckles appear
Zedrik Allen South Park😂
Can this man please be the next president of the United States?
He's not greedy enough
@@Ryu_R.or corrupt enough
He already was back in 97 and the planet faced an Extinction Level Event
@@SocraticMind89😂😂
As long as he is a Republican , then he has my vote.
“Stop talking about it.” I love how simply he can state the facts. Great actor. Very intelligent. Great man. Thank you sir.
Mike Wallace and his kind want the eternal race, religion etc conflict to carry on forever
@@weatherstationlytovchenko4794 "His kind". You might want to exam your own perceptions and views...
@@samhavoc1066 My guess is that he meant to say “Mike Wallace and people like him”; people whose careers thrive on Division, whether it be racial, political, sociological, economic, or religious, or even a combination of them.
A lot of so-called journalists aren’t interested in facts. They’re interested in Sensationalism.
True Journalism left the building years ago.
"Just pretend hundreds of years of slavery and segregation and other racist laws and practices don't have any affect on the present." it's such a shit take.
But then what would Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson do??
"do you want a white history month?"
"uh uh uh...I'm jewish!"
Never gets old.
Wow that’s convenient. He’s intimidated and too scared to say anything is what he is.
@@klj2382 Just from this short clip you can tell that he's a race baiter and doesn't want Freeman's race solution to sound good to the audience, so he tries to derail the argument by saying he's Jewish, as opposed to white which he is. Luckily that backfired on him and gave Freeman another avenue of argument:
"Okay, what month is Jewish history month?"
"Th-there isn't one."
"OH! Oh. Why not? Do you want one?"
Sums up how meaningless, even detrimental, black history month really is to black people.
@@danielmaster8776 Facts.
I mean if I was talking to morgan freeman I'd probably be out of words as well
“Why you gonna relegate my history to one month”. “Black history is American history”. Love this guy!!
I hate to be that guy but...
*relegate
Edit: OP fixed spelling so I was gonna delete this, but then I realised I spawned a comment chain so imma leave it here
@@muse3043 I hate to be that guy too but your right.
@@TheBlindSwordsman I hate to be that guy as well but you're right about @m_se
@@Tbman00 this just made me chuckle at 2 am, I need to go to bed
Relegate…not renegade…
i like how this plays out like a comedy skit. all the camera cuts, the short moments of silence, the uncomfortable way the interviewer tries to find an answer, morgan freemans interruptions. i love it.
“Black history is American history”
Part of it
@@kousvetkousvet4158 he is not saying that American history is black history but the opposite. Saying that black history is American history don't imply that all American history is black history but that black history is completely American or part of it (the part that happened in America, of course).
Kousvet Kousvet yes you are correct. Black history IS a part of American history, thus making it, American history
You missed the point: history is history
So few likes for this one though 🤔
This is basically why Morgan Freeman fits the God character role in movies.
Eggxactly
Eggcelent
mhm
Egg
Because he is a God in mortal form.
As a kid I didn't even realize race was a thing and I just figured that people came in different colors like animals do.
That's actually how it is. We all are the human race no matter what our skin color is.
@@mauriceweber9840 yeah but I didn't know it was ever seen differently until they taught about the American civil war in some grade... I think it was 2nd grade or something... Maybe later... I just remember wondering why they didn't see it the same way I did. Why they didn't take a good hard look at Squirrels, rabbits or cats or dogs and realize they all do basically the same thing, just slightly differently depending on their environment and that we were probably just like that.
I love how you phrased animals and humans in a way like they’re brands or something “now in different colors!”
That's what I thought too
That’s 100% the case for those of us who grew up with different races. nobody is born racist and I hate how we get told constantly white people are racist by the media if kids were allowed to grow up together not being influenced by adults racism would cease to exist
Amen Morgan. I loved it when he said it then, and still do. Everyone needs to hear it now. We are the HUMAN race.
Yep! On the census I answer the race question “Human”!
Yeah that’s I hate the term “coloured” it separates me as a European person from the rest of humanity. I hate it
The fact that I've never thought of this before genuinely disturbs me
Don't beat yourself too much about it. What matters the most is the attitude to understand and learn.
The media is fuelling the current outlook on racism and I don't blame you. They make a quick buck off racial divide, and it has warped the perception of racism among many people in the population.
@@Kawabongahlive Say it like it is, brother.
@@Kawabongahlive Learn? it's not that hard, just stop labeling each people...
@@Jam-iv6xz glad you noticed that's what we're talking about...
Morgan Freeman speaks facts and that’s why he should be everyone’s inner voice.
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else. Gets me frustrated. Just admit that you love the videos I make, my dear bu
@@AxxLAfriku Oh look who it is
Except that one time he told about "Russian collusion"...
Lol I’m so confused
God would hire Morgan Freeman to be the narrator of Earth
We need to get to a time where skin color is as relevant as eye color.
I hate blue eyed people
Green eyes power!!!!!!!!!!!
Pumpkin Patch People nothing I was just being sarcastic
@@dragicmagic9870 More like ironic
Sarcasm need to be biting
Yeah I'm nitpicking
@@VentureHolly no one said anything bout stats.
He really solved it this was uploaded 15 years ago and there haven’t been a single hate crime since. What an inspiration
He's a good public speaker, he should be an actor or something
This cracked me up
There's no gullible nobheads here, how is this possible?
Bro I almost choked on my food reading this 😂😂😂 ur a legend
So much wasted talent.
Frfr
It’s crazy how revolutionary this sounds when it really should be just common sense.
This was said 12 years ago...
"The only thing we learn from history, is that we do not learn from history."
Common sense really isn't all that common now is it?
@@Aaron-qe9mslmao I love that quote.
How does it sound revolutionary at all?
The amount of times I’ve been called racist for saying this…
“Black history is american history”
Well said Morgan, well said.
Yes exactly, he well said it. But wait. I think it should be "People Month." Were it focusing on our American History.
Corgi Kong that would be great actually
thanks!
Black history is history by itself lmao
It's actually African history, but Morgan Freeman said it, so it must be right. He is god after all.
“I will stop calling you a white man, and you will stop calling me a black man.”
I truly think that’s the way to go.
When Morgan said “Why not? Do you want one?” I fucking lost it 💀💀💀
He got him on checkmate after 1 second
agreed. without a doubt true
"Neither do I"
That was awesome
If anyone could give a race an entire month for their history it's him.
th-cam.com/video/GiuJEY5A0ME/w-d-xo.html
“How are we gonna get rid of racis-“
“Stop talkin about it.”
I'll say "You're nice to me, I'm nice to you."
I could go for some chicken.
i want chicken tonight.
What about you?
CrunchCat3000 is it from chick fil a?
@@jamborees Popeye's is better hands down
If genies were real wishful thinking like that might actually do something.
@@Evan-eh9dd You misspelled KFC
“I don’t want a black history month.” Facts as a mixed black man, why should our history relegated to one month. I know I just paraphrase what he said, but it’s the truth. Black history is American history.
Yet no one talks about my people of which were slaughtered as both whites and blacks came along. American Indians, Mexicans, and Canadians had a good thing going but since no talks about it doesn't bother anyone, living proof that this works.
@Kelvin Klopper oh?
Kelvin Klopper thanks for the correction.
Top Nerdy he was correcting me on my spelling, I said regulate instead of relegated.
@@lifeismeaningless5512 oh ok
The moment you stop differentiating between colors is the moment racism ends. If everyone is the same you don't need to specifically address one group of people.
I won’t call him a black man. I won’t call him Morgan Freeman either. I’ll just stick to what I’ve always been calling him. A legend.
He is God.
@@XxHUNT3RN4T0RxX literally
God would be just fine.
We are not deserving of calling him by his real name
una leggenda
"Black history IS American history"
History is History
Skin Color is Skin
And EVERY Live Matter.
Ian Malcolm I couldn’t relate more. It’s just rational optimism, it’s not that bad that our existence is trivial, at the end nothing depends on us that can effect the rhythm of the universe
Ian Malcolm It’s a fact. Everyone must and will die at some point in their life. There is no pessimism there my friend. Just the truth. The absolute.
Ian Malcolm W0w He’S sO DEeP
Through and through
If Morgan Freeman became president everybody would shut up at his speeches just to hear his voice
Na Morgan Freeman has too much self respect to become president
I’m surprised that he never played a president before
@@michaelsledge7980 he technically did in Olympus has fallen
Michael Sledge Deep Impact
You already had your fake cool black guy president...
I love how the interviewer said "I'm jewish" like that was going to save him 😂 yh right, it only made Freeman's point more powerful 👏
lmao no he was just offended at being called white
Morgan Freeman: "stop talking about it"
Mainstream media: "i'm gonna pretend i didn't hear that"
Good one :P
Even in the Hispanic Audience news they do highlight the skin color, and many times it has nothing to do with what the man or woman did.
Lmaoooo
hilarious comment lmao
Media want viewers and to get them they have to make problems and talk about them not solving them
Sorry about my bad English
I'm sure not addressing issues will be the best way to diffuse any situation
Video details: "15 years ago".
And after 15 years here we are.....
I’ve never thought of Morgan Freeman as ‘a black man’. He has always been ‘the guy with the calming/sexy narrator voice’.
For me it was the guy from robin hood. Yeah I'm from the 90s
Sexy? 🤨 📸
@mathewbrigman5592 it's almost like men can be sexy or som
Emphasis on the Sexy
@@mathewbrigman5592 Of all the people to question whether or not they are "sexy", you pick Morgan fooking Freeman?
Morgan Freeman hasn't aged a day in any movie he's in, but in this old interview he looks like 80 years old
He looks good for his age tho
In those days… the camera added 20 years. As he aged cameras got better and he basically always appeared the same. Simple geometry
It's the wisdom
@@OwningMicrobe wait wouldn’t bad cameras make you look younger because you can’t see wrinkles and imperfections?
ya cause they probly cloned him long ago
history is history.
Indeed
This says a lot about society.
And those who aren't willing to look at it and learn from it are on the best way to make the same mistakes over and over again
Butter is butter
Math is math
Morgan Freeman is always speaking the language of Gods. That’s why he always plays him.
I didn't know the "Gods" talked about solving racism, lol.
Heard Morgan was an atheist.
"Black history is American history". AMEN. VERY much that.
Naw naw Native American history is pure. US history
blacks sold blacks and it was British empire not just England, all at fault
Unitedstatestarian*
@@jason9983 ironically Africans were also involved in the slave trade. Slavery has happened since the dawn of civilisation and is still happening even today. Its just how things are.
History is history. To call it anything else is just stupid
"I'm going to stop calling you a white man. And I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me as Morgan Freeman."
Beautiful.
It’s like something out of a movie
Yeah but he wasn't white, he was a jew. He said it. "I'm not white, I am a jew". Also, love how scared he is at the prospect of a jew history month. Imagine if they actually started to openly be jews, rather then whites haha. People would overnight realize that in spite of being 2% of the population these "whites" rule the media, are 40% of billionaires, are undisputedly THE plutocrats and lobbyists in America, etc, etc.
Gert Allen your name is Gert
@@miked5163 😂
Even if we don't call people black or white, or racist, it still doesn't get rid of racism, there's still a color difference which can be seen, if it can be seen then those who are hateful will hate. It's kinda dumb and dismissive of him.
"you don't want a black history? why not?"
"do you want a Jewish history month?"
"no"
It's his job to ask why and not settle on yes and no answers, dipshit.
But he asked something of someone that he himself wouldn’t want for himself he’s just stating the irony don’t get upset :)
Rageissues don’t be mean
Rageissues stfu
Justin Fitzpatrick Lad is right though. There haven’t ever been an interviewer asking questions aligned with their own beliefs. He had to ask that because that was the subject going into the interview.
This is kind of like saying if I have cancer and I just stopped talking about it it won't exist anymore....
This honestly, kinda hard to ignore something when it gets god knows how many people killed each year
@@lightningstudios3630 the same can be said for racism
Honestly the example was just to say ignoring a problem doesnt mean it doesn't exist anymore people are still going to be experiencing discrimination, hate based crimes, etc etc etc
it's a silly childish notion imo. Don't talk about it? No how about if ppl weren't racist in the first place there wouldn't be anything to bring up....
I like how he says he's Jewish as if it affects the conversation at all.
@RockManLP And all that... Wait for it... HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BLACKS!
I think he was just trying to correct him.
@Mr. Pineapple stop with the antisemitism
@@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic6379 i hate it when people say anti Semitic because it automatically started to mean jews even though there are other Semites out there such as arabs .
So why not: anti jewish instead
@@randomguy-cd8ge doesnt matter, yo know what it meanseveryone knows what it means
“Black history is American history.” Why is Morgan Freeman so wise?
We all been jokin, maybe he IS really god.
How the heck 65 people in 5 hours have liked this comment in 12 years old video
E: up to 68 while typing this
He's a gift from God.
@@Henrix1998 87
@@Henrix1998 The algorithm works in mysterious ways my friend.
But isn't it also African history?
The fact thhis showed up 11 years later is perfect
It's sad to me. Means that we've been the same since then and theres been barely any change
Fast black don’t play
The architect of genocide Schutzstaffel
Wtf
Convenience
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Very well put, Mr. Freeman. Wow! Best Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 4th December 2023.
As a black man, I've always rolled my eyes at 'Black History Month.' It always felt like 'Let's Throw Them a Bone So That They Feel Important Month.' Just teach history across the board. It can't possibly be that hard.
They gave us the most miserable month of the year so we can't do parades or events. And didn't even bother to give us a full month too, only 28days.
What if it was Jazz history month? Then you've got this month that while seemingly focuses on likely the biggest influence on world music that's happened in living memory, when it really follows the thread of pre and post reconstruction history from the Civil War to a decade after the Civil Rights movement.
Exactly how I feel now, as a Mexican, about Hispanic Heritage Month. Another reason for me is that it wasn't that important years ago. I didn't hear about it until the 7th grade in 2014-2015. But it's such a big deal now that it's more annoying than anything. I mean where was that same energy years ago?
We don’t have these in Australia but as a white man that’s exactly how I perceive them too. If I find the concept of “Black History Month” distasteful then I cannot imagine how you dudes feel living it.
Edit: I concur that history should just be history but they’re obviously too ashamed.
Isn't "black history" a part of normal history? I am confused (not from the USA). So if you talk about different periods of history do you not naturally talk about the lifes of anyone else then who isn't a white men with money? Isn't this a important part of school history?
Morgan Freeman is not only spitting fax, he's the whole printer
Nice
Brilliant
He's spitting email
Sir, I am compelled to inform you that I shall be appropriating use of this 'fire ting' for my personal usage.
Exactly
"How do we get rid of racism?"
"Stop talking about it"
The silence that followed was so damn powerful...
Probably because it’s a really fucking stupid thing to say
How do we get rid of violence?
Stop talking about it🤣💀
@@sweetandyyy that doesn't compare. Racism is so much more about perception than violence is, so by making less of a deal out of racism and treating everyone as if race doesn't exist, the issue is gone. Violence is physical and requires a different reaction.
The job of an interviewer is to listen for a complete answer. Of course, there is quiet while an elaboration is expected to follow.
@@chrisdayton35 bet you are black
To solve racism, just don’t be racist. Trying to change things on a bigger scale is where it becomes trickier, but nobody has to do so if everyone just deconsiderate racism.
I think some people don’t understand what he meant by saying “Don’t talk about it”. He is simply saying don’t look for race or racism everywhere. For instance you have news titles like “Black man kills white man” or “White man kills black man” and so on, just driving the race war and making people think that the killing was racially motivated. I.e. putting the focus on the race while disregarding every thing else. So, instead of identifying people by their race, or assuming their motivations based solely on their race, we should judge them for the individual they are.
Ohhh... i used to hate this clip, but thats actually pretty good
@@moralkombat66 What? Why would you hate this clip?
Thats exactly what MLK said. He would be so disappointed on how the media treats minorities like trophies
Nah. Stop talking about it means the media needs to stop perpetuating this racial divide. Not really don’t look for racism. Racism is looked down upon almost everywhere and as technology and communication expand more and more places are brought into the scrutiny of the public conglomerate. Hatred only exists in places where it is allowed to survive or where it is kept alive by those wishing to exploit falsified oppression or those manipulated into doing so unknowingly.
Nailed it my dude. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
13 years later, we still haven't listened to his advice.
It’s the “stop talking about it” honestly we have to cause it’s a lot of wrong doing on other races that’s not white
That’s because our politicians are trying to keep us separated
Problem is people want to be racist. There is no way to make these people stop. So the more people that are not racist and call out the racism it stops. It’s like the bullying in a classroom. If a bully bullies a kid in the classroom and all the kids tell them to stop, odds are they stop. If the other kids do nothing the bully continues. The power is in all our hands to stop racism .
Yep, the racism from every race out there is still a freaking thing to this day. Unbelievable smh. Now we got this lives matter vs cops nonsense. Why does everyone always have to beat on a dead horse. Shit's really getting old.
@@rodytalks3989 politicians/media. they use race and wont let it go. STOP watching the "news"
I once heard a lady say "I am a good person, I like pets, gays and black people". That's how good person she is. She likes black people as much as dogs, imagine that, she must be a saint.
This is not high IQ, this is normal human understanding looks like
Sure, but you probably won't see another public figure saying that in public
It's wisdom. Wisdom is born from experience and sharpened by our morality. It has nothing to do with IQ.
Salty Baguette
Internet=Public but with extra steps
@Xanthopathy
Says the person which has a cartoon vagina as their pfp
@@psychott6 You are completely wrong and deranged
@@AJ-ox8xy God isn't real. There's some wisdom for you.
"I'm Jewish"----what a pathetic cop-out by Wallace. He tried to escape answering, but Freeman wouldn't free him.
He's saying "my history is not the American history that is taught the whole year round". Which is true. Don't know about him specifically, but none of my family was around before 1900. Hell, half my family was still out of the US as late as 1979. My history isn't being taught the whole year round. My ancestors have nothing to do with American history.
@@miladragon bullshit. You live in America, you were born in America, you're an American, and therefore American history is your history. Who gives a shit if people who lived decades or centuries ago, that happened to be part of your family tree, happened to live somewhere else? Who your ancestors were and where they lived has nothing to do with who you are today, unless you actively choose to make it part of who you are. What's important is understanding the history of the country YOU live in.
The idea that a DNA connection to people you never met somehow has significant meaning to your life is a large part of why we still see such racially-driven issues today
@@_Stormfather ha for some reason it reminds me of those people who feel Latin or European despite having lived all their lives in the United States and just because their parents were one of that
@@miladragon im Jewish and that really felt like an escape from the question. Morgans not asking for accountability hes saying how having a designated month for black history makes black Americans feel alianated from the rest of American history and vice versa, we shouldnt tell kids this is his history and this is yours, we should just tell them this is history..
@@_Stormfather Dayum, where the applause button, great speech here! keep it up
I want to shake Morgan Freeman's hand.
An incredible actor, but an even better intellectual.
🤦🏾♂️
TCt83067695 what is with the facepalm emoji? I don’t get your disappointment in this guy’s comment.
@@jovanzepeda9871 An intellectual would never say the equivalent of "I don't see race" like Freeman said.
He has a point that the divisive power structures want us divided by race so they like us to keep talking about racism to perpetuate the problem without actually any meaningful solution.
It stops the 99% from uniting against the rich and powerful 1%.
That's a more intellectually nuanced pov not the nonsense Freeman says here.
Hope that helps👍🏾
TCt83067695 intellectual would know that you can’t be so straight forward with people as they probably won’t believe it and therefore have to put it in a way they can understand and not dismiss as crazy.
Lol why you want to shake his hand?
Protect this man at all costs
"I'm gonna stop calling you a white man, you're gonna stop calling me a black man"
This could be a quote being taught to children in schools like 50 years later
50 years later? How about now
It will take a while to catch on I think
“How are we going to stop racism?”
“Stop talking about it”
The Media: “I’m gonna pretend I didn’t hear that.”
too true
Media's reaction: WHA-WH-HOW, THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE AND SHOULD BE ERASED FROM EXISTENCE (sips starbucks and wipes lips off with a napkin.) (*inhales.) THIS IS UNACCEPTABLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Oh and here's a story about a random guy finding the women who served him chicken nuggets!
Sorry if this is too cringy...
@@owen723 lmao yeah basically
@@owen723 was that a lemongrab reference
@@aurelian771 Yeah, actually! took me minute to remember the characters name but I remember laughing my ass off at that, so I figured I'd use it.
Funny how everything is so simple yet so complicated
It's not complicated at all. There's just a lot of stubborn people out there who'd rather everything stay the way they know instead of making the effort to make the world better
Because the news wants you to think its complicated.
@@---we8bx The news makes it complicated along with history, bullies and many other factors in life that unfortunately make complicated things a problem
Just simple. The left does it’s best to make it complicated.
It's so simple, yet politics, power, contention, and control cloud the real moral high-ground. Freeman's IQ and MQ (Morality Quotient) gotta be 200+.
These simple facts can apply to basically any physical or spiritual differences between us humans. Sad to see certain people across the world cause more harm than good all just for power and control.
Thank you youtube algorithm for putting this in my feed. What a eloquent statement coming from a man you can’t help but listen to when he speaks.
"Don't call me a Black Man, call me Free Man" - Morgan F.
why would he be free, li;ke i get that maybe its a BOGO but like too many people want morgan freeman, hed probably cost a lot
wait fuck i sound like im making a slave joke LMAO
lmao
Maybe Morgan Freeman ancestor took up Freeman as a last name after they were free men.
@@jadeblades what?
This legend got a point
How about everyone just start treating others like human? That would make it fair
Thats a dream about world peace, it will NEVER happen
@@fondertoast1926 yea I know it'll be just a dream
Us humans are terrible
@@tads8723 Well we created the problem so we should be able to fix it right? Or maybe the answer was lost to long ago... This is what happens when you give an Animal the ability to think for themselfs
@@fondertoast1926 yea that's true
@@tads8723 not us humans. yeha every contry and race had their share of racism and war atrocities but Western people is leading in this context, there were still slavery in US 1865. and even after abolishing the law, black people still looked down upon in USA. And usa is still committing war atrocities in middle east for oil. killing children. before usa there was england etc.
The fact that he is called Freeman, makes his point even more plausible
😂😂😂
Morgan Freeman in the flesh.
His last name is Freeman because his ancestors chose that last name after becoming free from slavery
@@kecomamaplunkett7150 wow
@@ahkh642 That where the last name Freeman comes from so he not the only one with that name alot of freed slaves did that
This is what I always say too, "You want to end Racism, stop identifying people by race".
You can look at two different colored dogs and just see two dogs. It baffles me that some people can do that for an animal but not for a fellow human
@@Gay_Priest so asnwer me this, someone tells you "go feed the dog", then you go to feed just one dog, then you see two similar dogs, the only difference is the color. Which do you feed?
I feel like not talking about racism or not to identify people as a black/white/asian/latin person is absurd, it is common for people to use physical characteristics to describe someone. The problem is when people use those physical characteristics to define someone.
@@M1994ARG As Freeman said, you identify a person by name. “Go feed Lucy” clears up any issues and there’s no need to personify someone by species, age, race, etc.
Yup Grew up with all races and never had a fucking problem!
If only he had told Wallace to call him his preferred pronoun instead of just his name, it would have taken us that much further in the fight. Identity is so much more than just race.
This was 12 frickin' years ago. How have people not learnt a lesson.
it's actually gotten much worse in both USA and Canada. Now there's lots of bitterness and hatred towards white people...the woke groups are cancer.
media manipulation. people are mere cattle to these big corporations.
@@eeropirkanen9382 eh guns will sort it out
+grim wolf
I like your thinking. It's unfortunate that they've realized this and try to take them away
@@redeye4516 won't work to many of them
Morgan's point simplified: Black history month suggests black history should be treated separately from the rest of American history. Thus, having a black history month is useless
This video is more than 10 years old. Your comment has been up for less than 1 day. And u already got 150 likes? Did this video pop up on everyones page today or what
@@leetraviusmckay2.066 Yeah. I just got this shit recommended.
@@leetraviusmckay2.066 Don't question the wisdom of the TH-cam Algorithm...it is more powerful than us all...
On the other hand, if positive, influential people stop talking about it, the cancerous underbelly of America as well as other nations will grow as a tumor of racism on their own.
While I agree that black history is American history I don't agree with his reductionist mentality he's expressed here and elsewhere. Obviously not everything is racially motivated but to say nothing is racially motivated is probably the most ignorant you can be as an older black man, just because he had a specific set of circumstances and he's famous, everyone should be able to do the same? Morgan "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" Freeman
I been saying, thinking, and feeling this from the very beginning. This needs to be broadcast across the entire united states on every dang news channel.
This was Martin Luther King's dream, he wanted his children to be judged by the content of their character.
It amazing how u guys quote MLK yet have no idea of his ideologies if he was still alive he will call Freeman an idiot
@@d_bstudios2038 I don't think you can speak for Martin Luther King. What makes you think he would call Morgan Freeman an idiot?
@@d_bstudios2038 they’re the same group of people that quote MLK but would’ve called him a Communist in the 60s
Sadly people can't just ignore the difference in skin color.
@@d_bstudios2038 you understand nothing about his legacy and what he fought for and it is hilarious!
Morgan Freeman: *solves race problem*
The world 11 years later: I’ll ignore that.
11years what is still happening is still happening.so?
I pretend I do not see.
Islam: solves race problem
The world 1441 years later: I’ll ignore that.
Think the left are trying to raise awareness of black history as white history is just HISTORY!
Of course Morgan feels it’s not needed, he’s a multi millionaire living the high life because he has a deep voice and can act. Raising awareness of these genuine issues is good thing. Also love watching people jump on his bandwagon where he doesn’t get it!! It makes them feel good because as famous black guy agrees with me and I dong get it either!’ 😂
@@brentmeistergeneral6074 all lives matter
This is why they get him to play god in so many movies, man's a legend
He apologized for this dumb interview. Its a naive childish way of seeing a serious problem and racists use this video with the intention to say theres no racism.
@@lo0ksik I spent a few minutes searching for anything about freeman appologizing for anything he said in this interview he did in 2005, only found things about him aplogozing for interviews dating back to 2015. So either u are misinformed or knowingly spreading misinformation. Gimme a source and i'll believe you
@@Hasan-be9hc i was misinformed. He didnt apologize, he just showed support to BLM. Im not from USA . But still what he said only helps racists
@@lo0ksik Really? You're going to disregard practically all this and the common sense thereof over alleged racists that use it to defend themselves. Laughable. Same mentality of the people who would say that if a minority person killed a family then that minority group is at fault. Total disregard of sense and consideration of circumstances.
@@VelocityZap all this what?
And this is why he is the voice of God
Agreed.
Like, the *ACTUAL* merciful, "I'm-chill-with-humanity-so-long-as-they-don't-pull-a-Lucifer" kind of God and not the "Imma-smite-yo-ass-for-not-praising-me-hard-enough" incarnation from the Old Testament.
haha, that is so funny and true.
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@@ProfessionalNamielleLewder69 Fun Fact: God is actually both, but you gotta understand the context.
It's like you make a robot with sentience and make a set of rules/programs to follow. If it 'malfunctions' and starts a robot revolution, won't you say "fuck that noise, it's the shut off switch for you"?
When he says stop talking about it, he sounds like Yoda.
Talking about it you stop
I thought you meant that Yoda would say something like that, but the sound of his voice is actually really similair to Yoda’s 🤣
He is human Yoda
Did he do the voice of Yoda?
the dude plays God and has the voice of Yoda, damn he must be smart
I’m a nurse. I had one of the worst experience of racism in my entire life last week. This Asian Irish man living in America flat out asked for me not to take care of him. He said he liked nothing that is black. I was shocked to hear someone say that so blatantly. Usually they beat around the bush. I asked my supervisor to assign me to another patient. I felt so sad. I still do.
That’s awful but be proud of who you are regardless. You can’t change people.
I will take kindness ANY day!! Sorry this happened to you. Hugs!
@@Junior214-z3twhat the hell are you laughing at man
Imagine being that sad, ignorant, and miserable of a “man”.. especially to the person YOU need for help lol. Black women are the best and I’d have y’all take care of me every time ❤
He is obviously hindered mentally so don’t take the idiots like him too seriously.
Imagine being that zad, ignant, and miserobl of a "man".. especially to the person YOU need for help lol. Blk wmn are the best and I'd have y'all take care of me every time ❤
He is obviously hindered in the head so don't take idgits like him too seriously. (spelling on purpose)
“How are we gonna get rid of racis-“
“Stop talkin about it.”
He's such a silly individual
TCt83067695 there is no need to talk about yourself that way.
@@rokukou Yikes. I'm embarrassed on your behalf that you don't know how the English language works.
What a shame smh
By stop talking about it he also means stop saying somebody can't get this because they're black or can't go that far because they are black. Stop saying somebody sounds black or acts black and also stop saying that well because this neighborhood looks like so-and-so blacks must live here or anything similar to that as well. Stop saying only blacks do this and you will not find blacks like that and blah blah blah. That's what stop talking about it means you stop referencing anything and everything as black or white or Jewish or whatever. Stopped talking about it means in every single instance. Because a neighborhood has a certain characteristic don't assume it's a black neighborhood it's just a neighborhood of people, and so on.
TCt83067695 i am embarrassed that you didn‘t understand that i was calling you silly for calling Morgan Freeman silly. you may have a superiority complex but you should try to be more humble.
People, pls stop saying we need more people like him
And start be like him
I will start be!
I won't judge you for your fornite picture, and you won't judge me for my meme picture.
No I already am. That's why I'm looking for others
Francesco D'Alonzo I hope your day gets better friend.
@@DodgeThatAttack dont act all superiour
He's so right though. I've never seen a country more obsessed with race than the US is...
Maybe we should do away with pride month as well in order to get rid of homophobia
@@nicklopez8004 I think a lot of these things could be better off not existing, we're all people regardless of our shape or background.
@@koreannom Yeah.
In a certain point of view America isn't and hasn't been the greatest country on earth
Have you ever been outside the US?
I grew up in Africa, the idea of a black history month is wild
"Black history IS American history." So powerful.
Makes me laugh
@Sultan Abdulhameed II why would you even assume that he's white
Yet black history is ignored in american society and the role african Americans in making this country is belittled
Sultan Abdulhameed II
The standard you are suggesting can spring only from low expectations.
AC22 Defund the police all they do is have hatred in their heart.
That "I'm Jewish" sounded like such a cop-out.
@@kerguelen_cabbage do you want a Jewish history month? Ha to be fair the Jews have a lot of history in the past and you never hear anything about it or them demanding this or that to be done. It's only lefties moaning
@Thomas Krupa most North American jews are white enough for police to ignore them.
@@joeyjo-joshabadu9636 i guess most asians are also white enough for cops to ignore them
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@@tesstickle7267 i hear them complaining about the holofantasy every fuckin day what are you talking about?
I vaguely remember once in kindergarten that I was talking to a kid while I waited for my mom to pick me up. He was black, but I had never been taught that race was even a thing at that point. He was just some other kid I was friendly with, and that was that. It didn't matter at all. I wouldn't even remember this if my brother hadn't for some reason, when I got in the car, mentioned that I was talking to the "african american" kid. I didn't even know what that meant. I got very confused. On default settings humans don't give a shit about race.
The media is basically the annoying cousin that messes with your phone
Let’s go back to primary school where there was a day where we didn’t see gender, didn’t see race, we saw people as people, we played hide and seek with our friends because they were fun people. Nothing else Mattered, until we became conditioned by society.
@@beejoy7076 lol i remember my mom telling me trump would but blacks in mexico and i told a black friend i had he would have to leave. either i was a stupid kid or my mom was just a stupid karen or something, i mean she still is
I remember the same thing with me, its proof that it's all taught and influenced by the media and unfortunately acknowledged by the rest of society
@@beejoy7076 no kids see gender, I was a little stud when I was a kid, I always had girlfriends, and was pursuing girls. Gender is an important difference, but race isn't.
Maturing is understanding that even tho what he says is a very good solution (race becomes so irrelevant that no one even cares to point your colour), this is never really going to happen ever, racists still exist, and those at the top will always use race to divide people in their favor
Thank you 🙏🏾
I feel sorry for everyone misinterpreting "don't talk about it".
He basically means that racism is a thing because people *make* it a thing.
That's what worries me. I totally support his method, but I can't help feel guilty that "stop talking about it" is like "we pretend there is not a racial issue" like hiding dust under the carpet.
Marxhog i know right?!
Marxhog You shouldn’t feel guilty because that’s not at all what Freeman meant. It’s not that we’re trying to “pretend it’s not an issue” because it is an issue, but if you’re going to keep pulling up headlines like “BLACK MAN MURDERED BY WHITE MAN” or “WHITE MEN ATTACKS MEXICANS” without any context then people are going to segregate themselves even more. We’re not trying to highlight racism and we’re not trying to deny its existence, but it’s better if we don’t make it a number one universal problem. Because news flash: it’s not.
Pretty much. It stops being a big deal if you don't make it one.
@@Marxhog I don't think he means that we shouldn't remember the past or ignore hate crimes. I think what he means is that everyone blows racism up way beyond what it really is today. We have come a long way since slavery. But now of days every one wants to make every issue about race. when really it's not always about race, and when people do that, they're keeping it alive.
My excuse to everything from now on : I'm Jewish
I should become Jew then.
Ben who?
White Is different from Jewish??? I thought it was the color of the skin even whites now should say no I'm Christian
@@ZEROZERO-sv1cs There is the race Jewish and the religion Judaism.
@@lonebattledroid4474 I thought it's the color of the skin white black and brown not race
Morgan Freeman in 2008: "Stop talking about it"
2021: People literally won't shut up about it
But if we don't talk about it, then we're racist. Well well well, how the turn tables 😂
Same with other social issues lmao
@@parkerwinkelman3007 SJW's on twitter
@@parkerwinkelman3007 how the turns have tabled 😎
it's so exhausting hearing about racial issues all the time. i'm a minority, too, so i get it, but ffs, man. there are more serious issues so let's just all be friends lol
I completely agree with the “stop talking about it” angle. Let’s all just be Americans together and build the equal future people fought for, instead of maintaining the focus on things that divide us and grudges of the past. Remembering history is important to avoid making the same mistakes or misdeeds. But we have a tendency to dwell on the past and some people exploit it to try to gain an advantage, instead of pursuing the equal dream. This day, we are too fractured. We need to start learning how to focus on what brings us together instead of what pulls us apart. And to let go of the hatred started by people who are no longer alive.
Sad thing is not everyone sees it this way and takes it as an offense for some reason
VelvetMidnight that’s because this is a stupid point.
Ignoring skin colours won’t end racism.
@@porcodiomede1094 it kinda will. You're just butthurt and want problem and drama because your life is boring
@@HellGameLP no because racist people will always make it about race. If we, non racist people ignore race all it is going to do is invalidate poc's struggles because people will just say "it isnt race related stop being so sensitive" rather than doing something to solve or reduce the problem we are just gonna ignore it which won't accomplish anything
@@Spubsowo Bad people will hate others for the smallest details like hair color lol
@@porcodiomede1094 they're not "Ignoring skin colors" it's about refusing to use skin color as a separating point. News articles will always start a story with "a white man" this or "a black man" that. It brings separation for no reason.
Say if black history month we're replaced with a month that's dedicated to everyone's history. And appreciating and understanding every shitty and awesome thing of America's past. That way, a month that is dedicated to empowering people won't forever make people feel like victims, but rather, apart of a united county with a shitty past.
No, this doesn't mean forget about it. No, It doesn't mean to ignore it.
What it does mean is that we will never have equality if we continue being separated and bitter because of the past.
It's not a hard concept to understand if you keep an open mind.
If we lose the labels we'll lose the separation that goes along with them. That's it.
That’s my thinking. If we stop labeling us and saying, “a farmer” for example, instead of a black male farmer or a white female farmer, we just include everybody. I’m from Puerto Rico and here is not normal to say a female black police officer, we just say a police officer. Don’t know why in the United States they focus so much on those things. That labeling is classifying people differently. Recently in Puerto Rico we’re trying to be careful with how we refer to others because of their skin tone or gender, because of how much North America influences on us. They’re ruining that beautiful thing that we used to have where no matter what color or gender you have, you are just one of us.
Some people are proud so they include it, others think it's offensive. Basically, too many incredibly stubborn and entitled people clashing. When you go against one of these people they will try to ruin your life and exploit you. Then forget about it a week later when something else is "trending."
En los países latinos e hispanos nunca tuvimos una gran historia de esclavismo, así que para nosotros no es tabú, decimos a las personas por lo que son, y si nos piden descripción no tenemos problema en decir que son negros, blancos, o violetas, porque el color de la piel no es un insulto
Thats a american thing. We don't do that in germany and i guess it has to do with our history and that we understand what happened. I hope you guys will also get rid of this problem some day. I like to watch us police bodycams and you hear it each time something is happeneng, for example: I stopped a black guy who was DUI... it seems to be a really big problem
Long story short, Media.
They point out differences to divide, create conflict, be it to get more clicks and views or some other agenda, doesn't matter.
People are people. The only issue I have ever had with anyone of any classification, is when they make that classification their entire personality.
Unfortunately, that media and division, is so ingrained in so many societies now (especially where they can make a point of it), that most people don't even realise it's a thing. Most people comply with it. One way or another.
yeah my teacher from panama mentioned that they dont really follow the whole, oh that black dude over there?, thing.