Morgan Freeman vs. Black History Month

At least colleges are unbiased sources of truth.

You were right then.

This is an invalid argument considering I know people from different nations, who are different colors, and who come from different cultures that are so proud to become Americans that they see people, not race.

The attitude that "we're all Americans" is taken on by those who see that underneath our appearance, we're all the same: people. And that's what matters. Not being white, not being black, but being people, and all people deserve to be treated the same way.

I have that attitude that we're all Americans, and while it's impossible to ignore race unless you're blind, I treat everyone equally because I learn from people, teach people, work with people, help people, and am myself helped by people. I know that racism is still very prevalent in our country (which unabashadly refutes your point) but I choose to ignore it. Why? Hate-mongers thrive on the attention that others give to them.

Freeman isn't saying that racism should be ignored, he's saying that we can become a unified nation only if we look past our appearance and see what's on the inside. It seems like the media keeps talking about this white person or this black person, or this month is better because it's devoted to this race or that race, or this race said this about another race. I think Freeman is just yelling, "stop!" It's annoying that the media keeps highlighting certain races to make them seem superior or inferior; that's where racism comes from. It's not that America is a bad, evil country (which is the point of a certain side's arguments), it's that people keep trying to make arguments about race instead of arguments about people.

But what about people of different races that grow up here?

Try telling me that our nation is hostile to people of different races when my black neighbor is a millionaire.

Not really. To take from my earlier example, my black neighbor considers himself American. He doesn't try to be white: he is who he is, and that's what makes him American. It seems there is this movement in this country to paint America as the evil, capitalist nation that seeks to destroy other cultures. You fail to realize that this country thrives on the ingenuity of different cultures; America isn't a culture, but an amalgamation of cultures, and you don't have to be a certain race, as you suggest, to take part in it.

We will never be truly free from racism until we see all races as equal, and we'll never have that with institutions like black history month.