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Morgan Freeman is once again blasting Black History Month.
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The actor admitted he loathed just the “idea” of the month.
“I detest it. The mere idea of it,” he told Variety in an interview published on Saturday.
“You are going to give me the shortest month in a year? And you are going to celebrate my history?,” he asked incredulously.
“This whole idea makes my teeth itch,” Freeman continued. “It’s not right.”
The Oscar winner continued: “My history is American history. It’s the one thing in this world I am interested in, beyond making money, having a good time and getting enough sleep.”
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Freeman, 87, emphasized the value of knowing the history of the U.S., which he related to his latest project.
The Gray House tells the true story of three women who worked as union spies during the Civil War.
Freeman serves as the executive producer for the film.
“If you don’t know your past, if you don’t remember it, you are bound to repeat it,” he added.
It’s not the first time Freeman has criticized Black History Month.
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Last year, the Shawshank Redemption star called it an “insult,” along with the term “African-American.”
He said: “I don’t subscribe to that title. Black people have had different titles all the way back to the N-word and I do not know how these things get such a grip, but everyone uses ‘African-American.’
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“What does it really mean?,” he asked.
But it was in 2005 when he made headlines for calling it “ridiculous” to designate February as the month to mark Black history.
“I don’t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history,” Freeman told 60 Minutes’ Mike Wallace.
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“You’re going to relegate my history to a month?” he asked, noting at the time that there are no white or Jewish history months.”
Freeman has five Academy Award nominations and one win for Million Dollar Baby.
The Gray House opened the Monte Carlo Television Festival on Friday.
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