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Morgan Freeman: I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. Mike Wallace: How are we going to get rid of racism...? Morgan Fr
by saulrh 15y ago
Morgan Freeman: I don't want a Black History Month. Black
history is American history.
Mike Wallace: How are we going to get rid of racism...?
Morgan Freeman: Stop talking about it. 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.
- jholman 15y agoNow, suppose you (the reader of this comment) are assigned the task of promoting Morgan Freeman's proposed strategy, but with respect to sexism. With that hypothetical in mind, I ask you: is an organized program of introducing novel gender-neutral pronouns an aide to your task, or a hindrance?
- chrsstrm 15y agoSexism and racism are not equal to sex and race. Ignoring blatant facts does not make discrimination go away. Identifying someone by their sex or race is not an issue - Mr. Freeman made his explanation a little too simple. The persistent stereotypes and baggage that comes along with the race or sex identification is the real issue.