User blog:WhiskeySid/PG Proposal: Flip Zimmerman (BlacKkKlansman)

What's the work?
BlacKkKlansman is the 2018 crime film based on a true story. Ron Stallworth is hired as the first black officer at Colorado Springs Police Department. During the film Ron calls the local Ku Klux Klan division posing as a white person. Ron recruits his coworker Flip Zimmerman to pose as Ron when meeting the Klan. Throughout the film Flip works undercover acting as a Klansman.

Who is he? What has he done?
Philip 'Flip' Zimmerman is a detective who works undercover to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan (Flip Zimmerman in the film had a different identity to his real life counterpart, as he didn't want to have his identity revealed to the public). He first meets Ron Stallworth when Stallworth was assigned to observe a speech Stokley Carmichael (aka Kwame Ture) was giving to the black student union at the local college.

When Ron Stallworth calls the Klan, Flip Zimmerman is recruited to pose as Stallworth at Ku Klux Klan meeting. While most members of the Klan are friendly towards Flip, Felix Kendrickson is sceptical and forces Zimmerman to take a Jew Lie Detector Test (which complicates things as Flip is Jewish), though is interrupted as Ron breaks a window distracting the gang.

After many meeting with the Klan and getting more information, they invited Zimmerman to meet with their leader David Duke. During the meeting a Klansman recognises him as the man who helped sending him to prison. He tries to the warn the others about Flip although the others are too busy planning out the killing of civil right activist Patrice Dumas. When Flip arrives at the scene, he stops two policemen who falsely arrested Ron, Meanwhile a group of Klansmen prepare to blow up Patrice's house but end up blowing up themselves.

In the end of the film Zimmerman helps Stallworth with a sting operation to expose the corrupt cop Andy Landers and get him arrested (totally deserved it).

Good Zone/Corrupting Factors
Flip Zimmerman is a chill guy who helps Ron infiltrate the Klansman and also helps him get a racist coworker arrested for sexually harassing Patrice. Flip Zimmerman himself is not racist at all and is just a genuinely good guy. He doesn't seem to have any corrupting factors, while he does say the n-word while acting as a Klansman, since he was only doing as part of being undercover as is not genuinely being racist it should be excusable. He is also one of the nicest characters in the film.

Admirable Standards
Flip Zimmerman is probably one of the most admirable characters in the film, he is one of the few people in the police department who isn't racist or has a negative attitude towards Stallworth.

Final Verdict
While not 100% sure, I would say yes for this guy.