Top 40 Ron Stallworth Quotes

It was extremely dangerous to be a black man in the KKK. If I’d been exposed, it could have all gone horribly wrong. The Klansmen were armed, and there was always a peril.

The KKK members that I was dealing with never saw me because my interaction with them occurred over the phone. They were convinced that I was 1) white, and 2) a racial supremacist like them based strictly on my telephone conversation with them.

I think Black Lives Matter is a necessary, modern group of activism and should be applauded. I encourage them to continue in their efforts.

Donald Trump is the physical embodiment of what David Duke wanted to achieve and failed.

When you hear Donald Trump say ‘America First,’ that was a Klan slogan from the early 1900s. Trump simply resurrected it. It’s a clear example of his racist attitude.

I’m just a kid from El Paso, Texas.

Let’s face it. Nobody predicted Trump. He’s a fairytale nightmare that none of us could possibly have imagined. Shame on those 63 million who – especially those Obama voters who crossed over and voted, shame on them for putting this idiot in the White House.

I laugh all the time about our investigation, especially about making a fool of David Duke, who likes to think I don’t have the intelligence of an ape because he thinks I’m genetically inferior.

‘Malcolm X’ is my favorite Spike Lee movie.

What David Duke was preaching to me in 1978 about the Klan and what the Klan wanted to do regarding immigration is the same rhetoric, the same position that Donald J. Trump advocates and ran on and is trying to implement.

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.

It’s the whole white-supremacist movement, no matter what they call themselves – be it Klan, Nazis, alt-right, skinheads – the basic ideology is the same. They consider themselves superior to others because of their white skin, and we should not sleep on that.

Personally, I never had any negative encounters with the law growing up.

I don’t feel like I’m a hero.

I know that in spite of my varied career accomplishments, the one that will always excite and intrigue is the KKK investigation. It has defined me in ways unimaginable and has always fascinated those who hear its tale.

If one black man aided by a bevy of good, decent, dedicated, and open liberal-minded whites and Jews can succeed in prevailing over a group of white racists by making them look like the ignorant fools that they are truly are, imagine what a nation of like-minded individuals can accomplish.

My experience working the KKK assignment influenced the rest of my career in law enforcement in that it taught me to think and act on my own initiative when my superiors in the department stood in my way.

I would sit at the table with the black kids during lunch, and we’d do our banter back and forth. But occasionally, I’d get up and I’d go sit down with the white kids and chat with them and what not. Of course, because I come from the black table they would look at me like, ‘Why are you here?’

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.

My mother never liked that I worked undercover. She always worried.

When he was not talking about race, David Duke was a very pleasant guy to talk to. He was a very nice conversationalist. He seemed like a regular guy on the phone when the subject wasn’t on race and on Jews and ethnicity.

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.

I was playing a role and acting. But it was different than Spike Lee’s movie. Spike can say ‘cut’ and move to the next scene. But I was pretending to be a white supremacist, one of them. I had to act like them to make the ruse a success.

It’s kind of like an out of body experience, watching my words being spoken by the actors, watching the portrayal of me by John David Washington.

The Klan was one of the most violent terrorist groups that has ever existed in the United States.

Skinheads and Neo-Nazis are commonly known to openly attack people who get in their way or don’t agree with them and their agenda.

Racism is a part of human nature, and you’re not going to eradicate it; all you can do is try to keep it in check.

The black community has always complained about abuse from cops. It’s nothing new. But now, more people are seeing visual examples of what they’ve been complaining about. That’s one thing that has changed over time.

When I became a cadet, I immediately decided I wanted to be an undercover cop because I don’t like uniforms.

Cross-burning is a domestic act of terrorism. It’s been classified as such.

That’s one reason I retired as a sergeant and not at a higher rank… I refused to ‘play the game’ the way the bosses wanted the game played. It is a decision that has cost me money in retirement pay but one that I have never regretted.

In many respects, David Duke was the playbook. He established the playbook by which Donald Trump ran and ultimately became – I won’t even use the term – let’s just say he became the occupant of the White House.

You cannot sit quiet while the KKK and other white supremacist groups rear their ugly heads.

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.

I would be very honored to meet President Obama.

I have never had a fear of white people.

In my opinion, Spike Lee is a national cultural treasure – to the black community in particular but to America in general.

I joined the police force with one motivation in mind: to become a high school PE teacher. After a year of working, I realized that a) I was making twice as much money as I would in the teaching profession, and b) I was having too much fun. I stuck it out for 32 years and no regrets.

How I conned the Grand Wizard, David Duke, and his coterie of followers… It has defined me in ways I never could have imagined.

Two Klansmen were working for NORAD monitoring U.S. air space for missile attacks. I contacted the Pentagon, and the next day, they were reassigned to a posting near the North Pole.