Source: Bored Panda
Daryl Davis is a professional musician by trade, touring all over the states performing blues. However, music is not his only passion. Davis has spent over 30 years talking to and befriending the members of the Ku Klux Klan. One might ask why would a black man do that and the reason is quite simple — Davis is trying to understand the reasoning behind racism and end it not by opposing, but by listening and communicating.
His quest began when he was only 10 years old, at a scout parade, when a group of white people started throwing bottles and rocks at the only black boy in scouts group. That was the first time Davis encountered such a violent reaction and when his parents explained to him it was because of his skin color, Daryl only had one question — why? “It was inconceivable to me that someone who had never laid eyes on me, never spoken to me, knew absolutely nothing about me would want to inflict pain upon me for no other reason than the color of my skin” he explained. “How can you hate me when you don’t even know me?” was the question that Davis kept in his mind through the years as he studied various books on racism. But books couldn’t provide the answer, so when he grew up he decided to go and ask the people of the Ku Klux Klan.
Through 30 years…
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