When I experienced racism here in my own country, I was not prepared for it. I had never heard the word racism. — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
Every racist that I know - and I know a lot of racists - every racist that I know voted for Donald… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself to be a racist, but to me there's not much difference between a black racist or a white… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
In most of my encounters with Klan members, we would discuss reasons for why they were members in the first place. — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
Music is my profession but learning more about racism on all sides of the tracks was my obsession. — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
People learn racism through dialogue. Somebody tells them about it. So if you can learn it through dialogue, you can also unlearn… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
There has always been a great deal of racism in the U.S. before and after Obama. — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
We've simply been putting Band-Aids on the wounds of racism. We haven't drilled down to the bone to get to its source. — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
It doesn't sound rational for a Klansman to sit down to dinner with a black man. What you're overlooking is, to be… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
If you spend five minutes with your worst enemy - it doesn't have to be about race, it could be about anything...… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
I'd had a racist experience as a child at age 10, where people had thrown rocks at me and bottles. I didn't… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
You're not going to beat the meanness out of a mean dog. You start beating a mean dog, it's gonna become more… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
I don't believe that Donald Trump is a racist, per se. But some of the things that he does, some of the… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
Hate cultures are not a thing of the past. They're a continuing problem and one cannot blame presidencies for this. Racism in… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
I knew as much about the Klan, if not more than many of the Klan people that I interviewed. When they see… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
I wanted to visit India because I have always wanted to explore the country. More than that, I have always found the… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
Racism is a cancer. Black people have been dealing with this ever since we landed on these shores in shackles and chains.… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
There are plenty of people, including good friends of mine, who are not racist, and who voted for Trump. A lot of… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
A Klan member is not stamped from a standard cookie cutter. They come from all walks of life and various education levels… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
Racism is a cancer. You cannot ignore it and it'll go away. If you ignore cancer, it simply metastasizes and consumes the… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
There's no more denying it, or saying we live in a post-racist society. All you have to do is turn on the… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
I was no stranger to racism. Having grown up a black person in the '60s and '70s, I knew that prejudice was… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
Racism is a cancer. You cannot ignore it and it'll go away. If you ignore cancer, it simply metastasizes and consumes the whole body. — Daryl Davis Copy Share
They've changed the name from white supremacy to white separatists, to white nationalists, to alt-right. It's the same thing. A rose by any other… — Daryl Davis Copy Share
If you have an adversary, an opponent with an opposing point of view, give that person a platform, regardless of how extreme it may… — Daryl Davis Copy Share
At the end, ignorance is the source of biases. If we cure that, there's nothing to fear and hate. — Daryl Davis Copy Share
There's a difference between being ignorant and being stupid... For me, an ignorant person is someone who makes the wrong decision or a bad… — Daryl Davis Copy Share
Our society can only become one of two things, it can be become what we let it become or it can become what we… — Daryl Davis Copy Share
If you were to talk to somebody from Georgia you would understand what he's saying, he wouldn't sound like your next-door neighbor in Montana,… — Daryl Davis Copy Share
Every racist that I know - and I know a lot of racists - every racist that I know voted for Donald Trump. — Daryl Davis Copy Share
It was incomprehensible to me that someone who had never seen me before, someone who knew absolutely nothing about me, would want to inflict… — Daryl Davis Copy Share
The most important thing I learned is that when you are actively learning about someone else you are passively teaching them about yourself. — Daryl Davis Copy Share
You're not going to beat the meanness out of a mean dog. You start beating a mean dog, it's gonna become more mean. You… — Daryl Davis Copy Share
He spoke nine languages. You know some people can just pick up an instrument and play. My father was like that with languages. — Daryl Davis Copy Share
Music absolutely played a massive role in bridging many gaps in the racial divides I would encounter. — Daryl Davis Copy Share
