Daryl Davis on why you should make friends with your enemies

Daryl Davis is a musician who has traveled the world, learning much in the process about ignorance, bigotry, and the value of talking to those different than you. He managed to convert around 200 neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and members of the Ku Klux Klan simply by talking to them. Recently, Daryl partnered with Minds, an alternative social media platform committed to free speech. In March, the Change Minds initiative published "The Censorship Effect: An analysis of the consequences of social media censorship and a proposal for an alternative moderation model," co-authored by Minds founder, Bill Ottman, and Daryl Davis.

I spoke with Daryl about what he has learned about racism in America, the value of engaging with and even befriending those you disagree with, and the impact of social media censorship.

https://www.minds.com/change/blog/the-censorship-effect-an-analysis-of-the-consequences-of-soc-1348668604911980550
https://www.daryldavis.com/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/opinion/racism-politics-daryl-davis.html
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