Morgan Freeman On Racism

In Morgan Freeman’s statement on racism, often quoted on the subject of racism, simply states “To stop racism, we need to stop talking about it.”, and the holds much truth. The idea that Morgan Freeman touches upon by saying “stop talking about it” is that we’ve exploded racism to such a dramatic point it's become oversaturated. Not just has the topic become oversaturated, it's become so divided on where people take a stance on racism, and how to address it. Today, whenever people discuss racism, even bringing it up can be called racist, even when it is simply being called into a discussion on racism. To elaborate, place such as online forums, youtube comments, etc can boast pretty explosive talks on racism, to the point of death threats …show more content…
Yes, we already new that, so no need to beat the dead horse, right? Not exactly so. Racism also includes stereotyping, and not just open stereotyping, for example turning away a customer to a store front for their color, but also subtle stereotyping. By subtle I mean some for the example of being intimidated when a stranger, that happens to be black and bigger than you, walks by you. You know nothing about him, and you may not mean to be insulting, but that is racism. How does this apply to the stop talking about? Well, the idea that blacks are big, ripped and scary has been spread by word of mouth. Why would a child be afraid of a black man that is also his teacher and is kind, but be intimidated by him, if people never said blacks are big and scary? Imposing. If the child didn’t have the idea blacks were big and scary, he may have another reason to be intimidated by this man, but not because his strictly black. Thus if we stop talking about these stereotypes, they won’t be picked up and passed around, and thus ending misunderstanding. In conclusion, if we stopped talking about racism the stigmas that are carried around in subtle ways are no longer being carried, and thus a younger generation won’t pick them up. It’ll also help put an end to using the term “racism” as a verbal weapon. No back lashing of words, not serotyping ideals that