Ron Stallworth
Public Servant
1953-06-18
Quotes by Ron Stallworth
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In my opinion, Spike Lee is a national cultural treasure - to the black community in particular but to America in general.
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'Malcolm X' is my favorite Spike Lee movie.
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The Klan was one of the most violent terrorist groups that has ever existed in the United States.
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Too many people are afraid to talk about the issue of race. We should be willing to address it, and more importantly, when it rears its ugly head, we should be willing to take a stand and try to stomp it out, whatever the action may be at a particular time.
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I learned at an early age how to traverse the white world, the white-dominant world. I learned, and I was successful at it. I learned the nuances - I learned how to act, how to be - but I always was conscious and aware of my blackness.
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My mother never liked that I worked undercover. She always worried.
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When I became a cadet, I immediately decided I wanted to be an undercover cop because I don't like uniforms.
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At various times in my undercover career I had either a full beard, a short-cropped beard, Fu Manchu, a plain simple moustache or just a goatee. We did that - generally we would have a look that we would maintain for anywhere from 3 to 6 months.
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I wanted to be an undercover cop, blending in with the public, looking like a black militant or a long-haired hippie yet having a gun on my hip, a badge in my wallet, and able to enforce the law. To me, that was the neatest thing in the world. It was also challenging.
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When you're undercover you try to stay as true to your identity as you are. You know who you are, and you know how you normally function. If you try to put on a pretense, such as assuming a fake voice, you have to put on that fake voice all of the time. And you can't afford to slip out of it. It's too dangerous.
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I felt that if the public found out that a black man made a fool of David Duke, his attempts at a political career would have fallen by wayside.
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