How to fight hatred with curiosity with Daryl Davis

The TED Interview

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Society & Culture, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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To get a free copy of the Infectious Generosity book, visit ted.com/generosity.

Daryl Davis is a Black musician and actor who regularly enters white nationalist spaces. That’s because Daryl is determined to understand the source of bigotry – by actually talking to the humans he disagrees with. Chris interviews Daryl about his unique approach, from attending KKK rallies to joining all-white country bands. Then, Daryl shares why he chooses curiosity over fear and why he still believes, despite our current divisions, humanity is in a bright spot.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Hello there, I'm Chris Anderson.
0:04.0	Welcome to the TED interview. As you may know, this
0:17.6	season we're expanding on an idea that seems to offer a rich response to the many troubles we're currently facing.
0:25.6	That idea is generosity, and more specifically infectious generosity, the ability for goodness
0:32.4	to spread virally through our connected culture.
0:35.0	It's an idea I wrote a book about called Infectious Generosity.
0:40.0	And in the spirit of generosity were offering free copies copies of both the ebook and the audiobook to
0:45.6	Ted interview listeners. You can go to TED.com slash generosity, fill out the short form there to claim yours.
0:53.0	One of the most important forms of generosity our current moment calls for
0:58.0	is bridging.
1:00.0	The ability to find common ground between our divided identities.
1:05.0	Today's guest knows more than perhaps anyone I know about the power of a difficult conversation to transform individual lives and society more broadly.
1:17.4	Darryl Davis is an African American musician from Chicago.
1:21.6	He's performed with the likes of Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis, but at the same time he's been on a decades long mission to learn why there are people in America who hated him just because of the
1:35.8	color of his skin. Well let's go on that journey with him.
1:53.4	Without further ado, here is, Darryl Davis.
1:54.4	Darryl, welcome to the 10 interview.
1:56.1	Thank you, Chris.
1:56.8	It's a pleasure of being here.
1:58.0	I appreciate your having me.
1:59.7	So let's start.
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