http://www.rt.com/viral/371340-meet-black-man-kkk/




A Chicago man has made an unusual move to combat racism, cozying up to the Ku Klux Klan in order to change its members views on other races.

While befriending a group known for lynching and killing black Americans may seem like a strange way to spend your time, for musician Daryl Davis, the results pay off.

Davis, who has played alongside Chuck Berry and Little Richard, has been befriending white supremacists since the 1980s, and has managed to make more than 200 of them see the error of their ways and turn their backs on the Klan.

Once he has made acquaintances with those who enjoy dressing in white robes and dancing around burning crosses, Davis gently seeks an answer to the question, “how could you hate me when you don’t even know me?”
“I appeal to people’s common sense,” he said earlier this month. “I don’t seek to convert them but if they spend time with me, they can’t hate me.”

Former KKK Grand Dragon Roger Kelly became such buddies with Davis that he asked him to be his daughter’s godfather, and gifted the musician with his Klan robe. Davis hopes to one day hang it in a museum.

Davis’s journey around the US has been captured in the documentary ‘Accidental Courtesy’ by Matt Ornstein, which is currently screening in a number of theaters in Los Angeles.

Not everyone gets what Davis is doing. Activist Kwame Rose is featured in the documentary telling Davis to “stop wasting your time going to people’s houses who don’t love you, a house where they want to throw you under the basement. White supremacists can’t change."

Black Lives Matter organizer J.C. Faulk thinks Davis’s actions are “reprehensible.”

For former KKK Grand Dragon Scott Shepherd, Davis’s engaging mission led him to reach out after leaving the clan. Shepherd had left the Klan and felt guilt for what he had done. “He took me in like a brother,” he said. “You can take a positive action against a negative action and come out well. It’s one step at a time with Daryl. I think he can convert people.”

this guy deserves a Nobel Peace Prize way more than obarry...

I agree and good for this guy!

The KKK is near dead ( and it can't come fast enough). They have been reduced to a bunch of old bitter men, who are trying to stop time at 1950.

They are a classic hate group... I hope they dwindle and blow away in my life. This guy ( above) deserves a lot of credit.

Amen to that!

I think obarry would probably agree

Good man. Considering there are 5000-8000 estimated KKK members in the U.S.(http://www.attn.com/stories/6255/how-big-kkk-is-2016), he should be finished in 2-3 months.

that's a miricle he wasn't been shoot like a fence........and merry chirismas .........

Racism is hate. Merry Christmas Nail!

hey ya ~~~~~

Hitler deserves the Peace Price more then Obama does.

Actually they don't think there are more then 5,000 Klan members nationwide. Their membership is dwindling horribly. However, they did have a massive membership enrollment in the months after Obama got elected, also Stormfront was the most accessed website on the entire internet in the months after Obama got elected.

it is nice to 'convert' even one,, but I imagine how one can show who was 'converted'

I mean, befriending is not converting,,, there are many racists who make 'exceptions' for a few individuals ,,

wow

dont you remember all the speeches and policy from Hitler promoting the idea of 'peace'?

Its apparent he has a knack for converting people from hate groups. Maybe he could do the same with some of Farrakhan's " security" men?

no need to convert them into befriending him,,

You can take a positive action against a negative action and come out well. It’s one step at a time with Daryl. I think he can convert people.”

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Some read it differently :)

I hope so.

I think people are most 'converted' through experiencing the kindness and examples of others. Something everyone can do a little of everyday.