For more than two decades, Daryl Davis, an African-American
musician, has been going out of his way to befriend members of the Ku
Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups in the hopes of persuading
them to recognize their common humanity. Now he is the subject of a new
documentary set to debut at SXSW this weekend, and the timing of the film could not be more fortuitous.
Davis began his crusade by asking himself the
existential question: "How can you hate me when you don't even know me?"
After a chance meeting with a member of the KKK following a gig, Davis
began to reach out to members of hate groups, and he found that the more
willing he was to hear them out, the more open they became to embracing
him. More than two dozen white supremacists have since renounced their
ideology of hate in part because of Davis' peace offering. And as part
of that process, they have symbolically handed over their Klan robes and
paraphernalia to him.
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Source: NBC News
A brave man, and this is what it takes. Recognizing one another as fellow human beings is the ONLY way we can move forward. Hatred and ignorance puts up so many walls. A powerful documentary that everyone should see!
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