Ep. 24 How Daryl Davis, a black man, defeats the KKK w/ dialogue

Daryl Davis, a 58-year-old black man, has a question: “How can
you hate me if you don’t even know me?”


For nearly three decades, Davis has been interviewing members of
the Ku Klux Klan to find an answer to that question. However, in
the course of his research, he found something he didn’t expect
to find: friendship.


You see, while Davis was actively learning about the Klan
members, they were passively learning about him, seeing that
their prejudices were unfounded and becoming his friend. Today,
Davis has dozens of Klan robes at his home that were given to him
by former Klan members who shed their racist beliefs after
meeting him.


On today’s episode of “So To Speak,” we travel to Maryland to
meet Davis and explore how open dialogue and debate have shown
him a path toward a tolerant, multicultural future.


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