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
Some black people who have not heard me interviewed or read my book jump to conclusions and prejudge me... I've been called… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
I met a white man once, who claimed that every black man has a gene which makes him violent. To which, I… — 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
A lot of the media says, 'oh, black musician converts X-number of Klansmen.' I never converted one. But over 200 have left… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' roll was uniting black kids and white kids, and rock 'n' roll is not being given credit... for being just… — 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 Image
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 Image
I have been attacked and mistreated for my skin colour since I was a child. — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
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 Image
At the end, ignorance is the source of biases. If we cure that, there's nothing to fear and hate. — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
