I would hope that by the time I'm gone, things like this will not be as prevalent. But if they are, perhaps this film will encourage others to do the same and do a better job that I've been able to do.
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (2016)
I never sat out to convert anybody. I just set out to get that answer to my question: 'How can you hate me if you don't even know me?' And in my quest to have that answered, they couldn't answer it. And some of them ended up converting themselves.
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (2016)
If you have an adversary, someone with an opposing point of view, regardless of how extreme it may be, and believe me I've heard things that cut me to the bone, but give that person a platform. Allow them to air their views. And when you do things like that there is an excellent chance that people will reciprocate.
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (2016)
Davis: Because they are our fellow Americans. We all have to live in this country together. We do. Otherwise we're going to end up self-destructing.
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (2016)
Kwame Rose: Why do I have to get along with them?
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (2016)