Black Musician Spends Over Three Decades Befriending KKK Members In The Hopes Of Bringing Them To The Other Side!

Although Daryl Davis disagrees with Klan members' views over race and white supremacy, that doesn't stop him from trying to form a friendship over mutual respect and understanding.

So why does Davis insist on building a friendship with them?

Despite the overwhelming obstacles that stands in Davis' way of building mutual respect and friendship, Davis continues his pursuit of understanding.

For Davis, the end goal isn't to sit around and simply talk about the problems of racism... but to actively do something about it. And, crack down on what he believes is the source of the problem.

Ignorance.

"The most important thing I learned is that when you are actively learning about someone else you are passively teaching them about yourself. So if you have an adversary with an opposing point of view, give that person a platform. Allow them to air that point of view, regardless of how extreme it may be. And believe me, I've heard things so extreme at these rallies they'll cut you to the bone.

Give them a platform.

You challenge them. But you don't challenge them rudely or violently. You do it politely and intelligently. And when you do things that way chances are they will reciprocate and give you a platform. So he and I would sit down and listen to one another over a period of time. And the cement that held his ideas together began to get cracks in it. And then it began to crumble. And then it fell apart."

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