Daryl Davis

“I did not vote for Donald Trump and I do not support him but I believe that Trump is the best thing to happen to this country in a long time. He's bringing out the country's ugliness. There's no turning a blind eye anymore.”

“Everybody likes music. And rock 'n' roll - that was the music that brought white youth and black youth together for the first time in American music history.”

“Always keep the lines of communication open with your adversaries.”

“There are plenty of people, including good friends of mine, who are not racist, and who voted for Trump. A lot of people wanted a change from what they were accustom to for the last decades... they wanted a change of the status quo, a changing of the guard. And they were willing to overlook his misogyny, his racist or bigoted comments.”

“I met a white man once, who claimed that every black man has a gene which makes him violent. To which, I said I had never been violent and that he was wrong.”

“If you have an adversary, you don't have to respect what they're saying, but respect their right to say it.”