Daryl Davis
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Podcast Appearances
I said, Chuck Berry invented rock, right?
And he goes, okay, well, you know, you probably know more about music than I do.
But what difference does it make, you know, what color the musician is?
I said, well, it doesn't make any difference to me, but obviously it makes a difference to you because, you know, in our history books, we talk about Ben Franklin.
Who cares what color Ben Franklin is?
You know, if he invented electricity, he invented electricity, right?
And he goes, well, yeah, well, I know about the guy who invented peanut butter.
I'm serious.
And I said, OK, what's his name?
He thought about it.
He goes, Carver, Carver.
I said, what's his first name?
He said, George Washington Carver.
I said, OK, very good.
I shook his hand, right?
And so then, what did he say?
He runs the NSM, National Socialist Movement.
And the whole white supremacy ideology is called the movement.
So anyway, I said, well, he goes, you know, I said, it's a racist movement.