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Ryder Strong

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
16041 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Then a white reverend pulls up looking for the West home, which is coincidentally Rachel's last name.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

The man introduces himself as Jonathan Daniels from New Hampshire and says Rachel's parents asked him to come and stay at their house.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Cheyenne can't believe a white man is staying at her friend's house.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Jonathan meets up with Rachel's mom and says that when he heard that Dr. King needed volunteers in Selma, he just had to come.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

He offers to pay room and board, but Rachel's mom insists it's not necessary.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Cheyenne still can't get over the fact that he's a preacher, but wearing blue jeans.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Over at the church, Reverend Daniels is being shown around the grounds by a woman named Sally.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

He explains he's in town for the movement, and Sally says she sympathizes with their plight.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

but doesn't have time to volunteer.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

She then introduces him to Father Whitaker, a priest he's told to look up by one of his friends back at home.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Father Whitaker offers him tea, and Sally says anytime he needs help in the town, feel free to call.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Now, man to man, Jonathan says he's in Selma to help with the civil rights movement.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

And though he's a man of God, that doesn't seem to excite Father Whitaker.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

He explains the last thing the town needs are northerners stirring the kettle.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Jonathan can't believe the priest doesn't believe in integration.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

And Father Whitaker aggressively explains that the South is just different.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

The two men awkwardly shake hands and part ways.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

And that's when I was sitting there and I was like, I'm going to hate all these people.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Somebody who's trying to teach the word of Christ who's saying things like this.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

There are worlds I'm just unfamiliar with.