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Podcast: Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic
Episode: How does Daryl Davis manage to persuade members of the Ku Klux Klan to rethink hate?
Description: Musician Daryl Davis has toured and worked with some of the greatest artists in soul, blues and rock and roll but he has had an interest over many decades in trying to bridge the racial divide that white spremacists are keen to perpetuate. Davis is a black musician and he actively seeks out members of the Ku Klux Klan to talk to them about their beliefs and to see if he can act as a catalyst for them to rethink their views. More than 200 members of the Klan have turned their back on their previous life. What motivated him to...