"Morgan Freeman Talks Asking Tough Questions (and Sometimes Even Answering Them) on Through the Wormhole"

"And, despite the signature twinkle in Freeman's eyes during the opening moments of the season's first episode, "Are We Bigots?" – which PEOPLE has obtained exclusively – the premiere is unflinching in its acknowledgment of people's ingrained biases. 

Never was the relevance of the topic more clear than, during the episode's development, when the country erupted over the shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, which escalated the national dialogue about racism, bigotry and prejudice...

As a child of the segregated South, Freeman says confronting an issue he has admittedly, at times, avoided in his past was enlightening: "When we did this episode, what I learned is, it's not outside the realm of reality that we are all hardwired to be bigoted. It's news to me, but interesting news." 

Continuing the thread, Younger says the episode scientifically confirms that, in a way, "we're all bigoted – but actually being aware, being conscious of that bigotry, and making a conscious effort to overcome it is really important. We have to fight against our very base, primal, split-second instinct." The season 2 premiere grounds this lofty goal with practical exercises taking place everywhere from the gun range to the videogame console that show how prejudice affects our lives in unexpected ways."

http://www.people.com/article/morgan-freeman-through-wormhole-season-2-premiere-bigots

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