Actor Morgan Freeman, who currently hosts the TV series “Through the Wormhole,” recently appeared on CNN to argue that class is not fixed from one generation to the next.
Freeman says that, in America, individuals can change their lives and leave their backgrounds behind them through hard work.
“Having been born with little, you can always get out of that,” says Freeman.
“Say you’re born as one of the untouchables in India. There you are. Say you’re born to the super-rich. There you are.”
“Here, [in America,] you can be born super rich, but three, four generations down the line, it’s gone.”
The host points out to Freeman that some people argue that not everybody can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Freeman respond “Well, f— them. Everybody can.”
“Courage is the key to life itself.”
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