Accidental Courtesy was well-received at its World Premiere at Austin's SXSW Film Festival. Its protagonist musician Daryl Davis seems well-intentioned in his peculiar efforts to reach out to Klansman.
How to engage a deeply racist person? Or does it even make sense to talk to someone who says demeaning things about you and other people?
There really is a war which has gone on and is going on between truth, peace and love vs. lies, war and hate.
Probably 95+% of Americans are not racists. However, even though 5% seems like a low number, that means there are about 17 million people living in the United States who not only are racists but many of them see themselves as such.
Daryl Davis is a serious man with a unique approach to a complicated issue. An accomplished piano player, Davis spends his free time collecting Ku Klux Klan memorabilia in the hopes of one day creating a Ku Klux Klan Museum.
Daryl Davis is an accomplished musician who was played all over the world. He also has an unusual hobby, particularly for a middle aged black man.
A black musician named Daryl Davis has made it his life mission to dissolve racism. Particularly, he dialogues with White Supremacists, often befriending them and eroding their ideologies through his enduring, authentic relationship.
