I think he meant more that we should stop using labels, not that we should ignore racism.
Yes, and to Morgan I say, "no thanks". Asking someone to stop recognizing me as a black man is asking them to ignore a big part of who I am. I expect people to see all of me, and to not forget who I am and what I came through. No, you need to see me.
It would be nice to not need to have a month as Morgan mentioned, as black history IS American history. The problem, of course, is that there isn't very much black American history in history books. Huge portions of the American story end up left untold, and if allowed to persist will simply disappear from all knowledge. I remember in High School, I wore a NY Black Yankees t-shirt to school, and a white girl in my Spanish class asked me, "why do they have to be the BLACK Yankees"? I told her, "they were a Negro Leagues team.." to which she replied, "Why does it have to be THE NEGRO LEAGUES?!??"
Now that's a damn shame. Not 60 years ago, the Negro Leagues was the only place black athletes could play baseball..and yet the knowledge of their existence, contributions to the "national pastime" and is already almost lost. And we've had these discussions about Cripus Attucks being written out of history books, etc. The examples can go on all day, but I'm not interested in a long diatribe about it. Sure it would be nice if there was enough black American history being taught in schools as to render a heritage/history month unnecessary. But it's laughable to think that is the reality of K-12 education, and old-ass, out of touch Morgan Freeman should probably inspect some history books and consider his thoughts again.
Asian-Pacific Islander Heritage Month is in May.
Seriously, if there's a minority ethnicity, America has a month for it. Hell, it doesn't even have to be an ethnicity, women get March and LGBTs get October.
Correct.
