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Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis | TEDxNaperville

TEDx Talks · talk · Watch on YouTube

Social issues & culturePsychology & human behavior

What it is

Black musician Daryl Davis tells how a chance encounter led him to befriend Ku Klux Klan members and seek the source of racial hate. He argues that sitting down and talking with people can change them.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended in moderation and deplatforming debates as a case for engagement and compassion over exclusion.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “May I direct you to watch Daryl Davis's ted talk or really anything he speaks about.”

    Davis convinced KKK leaders to leave by befriending them

    hpoe, 2020-12 · Strong recommendation · in “AI researcher Timnit Gebru resigns from Google”

  2. “It really encapsulates the power of this viewpoint.”

    Power of compassion to reform hateful people

    sebmellen, 2021-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler”

  3. “Daryl Davis on engaging with KKK members”

    PavlovsCat, 2018-12 · Recommendation · in “Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Revolt”

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Topics: daryl davis, kkk, racism, dialogue, ted talk

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