Liberation Theology is Not the Gospel
S ince officially recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976, February has been a month dedicated to black Americans by many virtue signalers. This isn’t necessarily a problem, unless you want to have unity in your nation based on shared values and experiences of being simply American. Morgan Freeman, a well-known and accomplished black actor, said in a 60-Minutes interview in 2005 that black history month is an “insult” and “ridiculous.” “You’re going to relegate my history to a month?” he famously quipped. Freeman emphasized the reality that black history is intertwined into American history and criticized the concept for celebrating separation. When I taught history at a Wisconsin private school, I was asked what I was going to focus on for the month of February. When I stated that I would be teaching what was presented in the history book, I was met with criticism. I responded by stating, “Regardless of the month, I am teaching through the history curriculum. When I come to a...