you can take the monkey out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the monkey

English

Proverb

you can take the monkey out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the monkey

1. (ethnic slur, offensive) Black people, in the view of racists, behave badly regardless of their whereabouts or socialization.

See also

• you can take the person out of the place, but you can't take the place out of the person