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

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 24

March 8, 2017

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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