So suggests Oscar winner Morgan Freeman. He brings up some very good points in the article below…

Million Dollar Question

Morgan asks about Black History Month.

Morgan Freeman thinks the whole idea of a month for black history is “ridiculous.” The African American actor tells Mike Wallace he is against a special month because it separates black history from American history and is part of a labeling process that abets racism.

60 MINUTES profiles the Oscar winner this Sunday on CBS.

“You’re going to relegate my history to a month?” Freeman asks Wallace in their discussion of black history month. After noting there is no “white history month,” he says, “I don’t want a black history month. Black history is American history,” he tells Wallace.

The notion of a special month for black history may be hurting rather than helping efforts for racial equality, believes Freeman. When Wallace wonders that without black history month, racism may be harder to stop and asks, “How are we going to get rid of racism?” Freeman retorts, “Stop talking about it!” (more…)

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What Freeman suggests in this article is actually the basis of this blog/website. There are some readers out there who may feel that I do not talk about racist acts enough. I say “We’ve talked about it enough!” As a member of the human race, I came to the conclusion long ago that racism in some form or fashion will always exist. Does this make it right? No. But should we continue to throw fuel on it by our chatter every time it happens? Again, no.

Although we live in a country that is not void of racism, it is no where near the levels of decades past. People that want to make the ridiculous claim that blacks are no better than 50 years ago show either or both of the following:

#They show their age and want to hold on to something that they think makes them relevant today.

#Hate black progress and never want to acknowledge it.

#Hate whites, regardless (in other words, they themselves are RACIST).

Consider this recent article:

Interracial Relationships Become More Common

Source: WSBTV.com

ALBANY, N.Y. — Interracial relationships and marriages are becoming more common in the United States, according to a new Cornell University study.

The number of interracial marriages jumped tenfold since the 1960s, though the older people are the less likely they are to be with someone of a different race, the study found.

“This trend reflects the increasing acceptance of interracial relationships in today’s society,” said study co-author Kara Joyner. (more…)

This definitely does not sound like the 1950’s to me. In fact, many blacks were told not to look a white person in the eye in those days (My mom has plenty of stories on that one). This is just one of many examples.

By sheer coincidence, I think that this posting along with the previous post make a good team (I’ll let you the reader see the connection).

As I mentioned before, I could list for you plenty of websites whose sole purpose is to give account for every racist infraction by white folks. Mainstream media isn’t any better. The next time you use Google news, do a search under Black, African-American. If you for some weird reason want to be depressed for the rest of the week, read the results of your search. Most of the entries are negative in nature (poor health, joblessness, murder, rape, etc.).

Not making racism the centerpiece of conversation does not mean that you are pretending it doesn’t exist. It simply means that you are not going to throw fuel on a less threatening fire.

Let’s face it, as I discussed in “Racism: The devil we can’t live without”, racism is big business in the country. There are too many salaries at stake if racism is removed as the centerpiece of black conversation. Just ask groups like the NAACP and the CBC.