Morgan Freeman has previously made statements that indicate he is a racist. I don't think what he's saying here is particularly racist, but I don't particularly blame Freeman for not wanting to claim 0bama. That would just be crazy.
(By the way, does anyone else think Freeman saying "is being purposely" is grammatically incorrect?)
Morgan Freeman Says Obama Is NOT The 'First Black President. Is He Racist?
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Morgan Freeman: Obama Not 'First Black President'5:15 PM PDT 7/5/2012 by Tina Daunt
The Academy Award-winning actor pointed to the commander in chief's mixed-race heritage as evidence "America's first black president hasn't arisen yet."Since he burst on the national political scene, Barack Obama has faced questions about everything from his place of birth to his college transcripts -- but his race?
Oddly, apparent doubts about the president’s racial identification now are being raised not by his critics but by one of his strongest supporters: Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman. He told a surprised NPR interviewer this week that the United States has yet to see its "first black president."
Freeman was trying to make a point that some people oppose Obama because of his race, when in fact, the actor argued, Obama is "mixed race" and not African-American.
"First thing that always pops into my head regarding our president,” he said “is that all of the people who are setting up this [racial] barrier for him ... they just conveniently forget that Barack had a mama, and she was white -- very white American, Kansas, middle of America. There was no argument about who he is or what he is. America's first black president hasn't arisen yet. He's not America's first black president, he's America's first mixed-race president."
Traditionally, Americans of mixed racial heritage are allowed to decide for themselves which, if either, of their parental communities with which to identify. Obama has self-identified as an African-American from an early age.
Freeman went on to blast the GOP for reflexively and programmatically opposing Obama’s every move. The president, he said, "is being purposely, purposely thwarted by the Republican Party, who started out at the beginning of his tenure by saying, 'We are going to do whatever is necessary to make sure that he's only going to serve one term.'
"That means they will not cooperate with him on anything."
5:15 PM PDT 7/5/2012 by Tina Daunt
The Academy Award-winning actor pointed to the commander in chief's mixed-race heritage as evidence "America's first black president hasn't arisen yet."
Oddly, apparent doubts about the president’s racial identification now are being raised not by his critics but by one of his strongest supporters: Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman. He told a surprised NPR interviewer this week that the United States has yet to see its "first black president."
The Academy Award-winning actor pointed to the commander in chief's mixed-race heritage as evidence "America's first black president hasn't arisen yet."
Since he burst on the national political scene, Barack Obama has faced questions about everything from his place of birth to his college transcripts -- but his race?
Oddly, apparent doubts about the president’s racial identification now are being raised not by his critics but by one of his strongest supporters: Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman. He told a surprised NPR interviewer this week that the United States has yet to see its "first black president."
Freeman was trying to make a point that some people oppose Obama because of his race, when in fact, the actor argued, Obama is "mixed race" and not African-American.
"First thing that always pops into my head regarding our president,” he said “is that all of the people who are setting up this [racial] barrier for him ... they just conveniently forget that Barack had a mama, and she was white -- very white American, Kansas, middle of America. There was no argument about who he is or what he is. America's first black president hasn't arisen yet. He's not America's first black president, he's America's first mixed-race president."
Traditionally, Americans of mixed racial heritage are allowed to decide for themselves which, if either, of their parental communities with which to identify. Obama has self-identified as an African-American from an early age.
Freeman went on to blast the GOP for reflexively and programmatically opposing Obama’s every move. The president, he said, "is being purposely, purposely thwarted by the Republican Party, who started out at the beginning of his tenure by saying, 'We are going to do whatever is necessary to make sure that he's only going to serve one term.'
"That means they will not cooperate with him on anything."
Read More: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/morgan-freem...
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Walt 2012/07/06 05:50:13
So when Morgan Freeman makes that type of statement be sure to understand why he says what he says, and his historical references and American experience have provided him with a living knowledge, that enables him to say such without thinking about the PC-ness that most of you talk about. Obama is bi-racial, mulatto, mixed, in Australia they call them half-casts... take your pick because the list is vast, and "black" people didn't make the names up because we had no part in how they came up.
When you say Obama is "blac...
So when Morgan Freeman makes that type of statement be sure to understand why he says what he says, and his historical references and American experience have provided him with a living knowledge, that enables him to say such without thinking about the PC-ness that most of you talk about. Obama is bi-racial, mulatto, mixed, in Australia they call them half-casts... take your pick because the list is vast, and "black" people didn't make the names up because we had no part in how they came up.
When you say Obama is "black" you negate a whole other side of his ife. His mother was from Kansas, formerly known as "bleeding Kansas" and that's not a pun... his mother is of European descent she birthed him out of her body... her genetic make up is responsible for half of Barak... never forget that. But you have to remember racism is a white invention, and for whites to play a reverse racism tactic only goes to show the lack of knowledge on both parts, that of white America, and that of the accused, and in this case it's Morgan Freeman, a descendant of stolen Africans, whose grand father was more than likely a slave, as was his father, and his fathers father.
As an African American male I take great pride in studying history and the vehicles by which African "Americans" have been taught to think in racist ways but experience it (racism) in a subjective manner, and it doesn't add up. MORGAN FREEMAN IS NOT A RACIST, IN FACT HESS 100% CORRECT. BARACK OBAMA IS NOT BLACK, HE'S A MULATTO, SPANISH FOR "MIXED BREED". When you cal him black, your actually using a racist ideological mechanism that denotes that although he has European blood within him, his African blood dooms him to be anything but mixed. Check yourselves and do your homework.
The fallacy of the libtard PC term (think divide and conquer) 'African-American', is so obvious it makes me sick.
He's a Marxist wannabe dictator.
Stalins come in different flavors.
(By the way, does anyone else think Freeman saying "is being purposely" is grammatically incorrect?)
America is supposed to be the great melting pot. All these little islands of hypehated names is more divisive than cohesive as far as I'm concerned too.
When Freeman told us a couple of months ago that he would vote for BHO a thousand times if he could and that BHO wasn't being treated fairly by the white populace, Freeman dropped off of my entertainment list when purchasing movie tickets.