Dismantling the KKK Through Friendship with Daryl Davis—Musician and Activist

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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You aren’t supposed to become friends with the people who hate you—but that’s exactly what Daryl Davis did. After a chance encounter with a KKK member in a Maryland bar, Daryl struck up a friendship that changed both of their lives. The KKK member renounced the group, and Daryl got access to do the thing he wanted: become the first African-American to write a book on the KKK based on first-person interviews. Through the years, as the men Daryl has met and befriended have left the Klan behind, he’s collected a closet full of their robes, flags, and memorabilia. Davis’ is personally responsible for some 50 men leaving the Klan behind, and indirectly responsible for some 200 more. How? His secret weapon is friendship. He is an incredibly aggressive man with a story you have to hear to believe.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the aggressive life. Before we start our discussion today, I want to tell you something
0:04.9	really fired up about. It's not athletic greens. That's coming later on. What I really
0:11.6	fired up about is couples camp. I don't know anything that's more important to a person's life
0:18.7	than having a strong marriage if you're married.
0:22.1	And I know that I'm kind of typecast is the man guy. Part of that's because I am a man.
0:27.5	Part of that's because I have a calling to blow out man camp. I love man camp. There's nothing like it.
0:32.1	It's got crazy stupid traction. Don't tell any of this, but here's the thing. I actually like couples camp more than I
0:40.9	like man camp. Yes, we have a experience just for couples. What can you do if you're married to take
0:47.3	your marriage to the next level? Where do you go? You maybe go to a marriage counselor, which is great.
0:52.5	You're going to pay less than a marriage counselor for an entire weekend.
0:56.0	And I promise you, you're going to get more out of a weekend at couples camp than you will with one session with a marriage counselor.
1:02.2	You're going to interact with other people who are pro-marriage, interact with other people who have some of the same struggles you have, interact with other people who have gotten beyond your struggles, having uplifting worship,
1:11.5	some really good teaching.
1:12.8	It's just great to laugh with couples and have fun.
1:16.5	Please get there.
1:17.2	We're doing all we can to make it easy.
1:19.2	It happens in April right around the corner.
1:22.0	You can go to crossroads.net slash couples camp, get 10% off.
1:26.0	And I'm making it even easier for you. I've thrown my weight around.
1:29.3	And even though some people didn't like the idea, I liked it. So I made it happen. We're doing
1:33.4	car camping if you want to this year a couples camp. That means you don't have to walk in with all
1:37.4	your gear. You can drive in. You can maybe sleep in your minivan. You can maybe sleep on top of
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