Daryl Davis
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I said, yeah, anybody can come.
And he goes, yeah, I'm inviting a friend of mine who lives in New York.
He was my chief of security while I was in the movement.
And now he's out.
And so you go ahead and tell that.
This is an amazing story.
So, you know, this goes to show, Joe, I mean, we all, you, Jeff, me, anybody we know, when we were kids we were told a tiger does not change its stripes.
A leopard does not change its spots.
That's who they are.
And that is true.
So why would we think that a Nazi or a neo-Nazi or a Klansman would change their robe and hood or their swastika armband or something?
Well, that's where we're wrong.
The stripes and spots on the tiger and lion are immutable characteristics.
They're born with those.
They can't change them.
But the Klan robe and hood and the swastika are acquired.
That's learned behavior.
And what can be learned can be unlearned.
Jeff is an example of that.
Duke Snyder is an example of that.