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> I'm reminded of Daryl Davis, and the way he de-radicalized KKK members. He did it by talking to them, engaging them in speech. 1. Daryl Davis is literally th

> I'm reminded of Daryl Davis, and the way he de-radicalized KKK members. He did it by talking to them, engaging them in speech. 1. Daryl Davis is literally the only person ever mentioned in this context. If you don't have another example, this doesn't even qualify as an anecdote anymore. 2. Over the course of multiple decades Davis has, via intense 1:1 work and personal connection and at great risk to himself, deradicalized something like 4 dozen people. Gab alone had something like 400k accounts.

sabarn01 6y ago
Megan Phelps-Roper Derek Black George Wallce Via Shirley Chisholm https://www.persuasion.community/p/lessons-of-a-black-pioneer https://www.persuasion.community/p/lessons-of-a-black-pionee... You are basically saying there is no power in integration and that the only effort for reform here should be negative consequences which generally isn't viewed as a liberal perspective on how to reintegrate people into society.
- morelisp 6y ago
  > You are basically saying there is no power in integration and that the only effort for reform here should be negative consequences This an extremely uncharitable reading of my comments. I said a structural problem needs a structural solution, not a personal one. To invoke Chisholm as a counter-argument is offensive.
  - sabarn01 6y ago
    Then you are easily offended. I think that what Chisholm did and what Davis did are in the same category. Personal outreach. You said Davis was the only example so I gave you others. I don't think racism is structural problem Its a personal problem solved by individuals. The legacy of racism and its former codification may be structural and addressed in a structural way but they are fundamental different.
    - morelisp 6y ago
      > I don't think racism is structural problem... The legacy of racism and its former codification may be structural and addressed in a structural way but they are fundamental different. E2 80 8A

sabarn01 6y ago

Megan Phelps-Roper Derek Black George Wallce Via Shirley Chisholm https://www.persuasion.community/p/lessons-of-a-black-pioneer https://www.persuasion.community/p/lessons-of-a-black-pionee... You are basically saying there is no power in integration and that the only effort for reform here should be negative consequences which generally isn't viewed as a liberal perspective on how to reintegrate people into society.

morelisp 6y ago
> You are basically saying there is no power in integration and that the only effort for reform here should be negative consequences This an extremely uncharitable reading of my comments. I said a structural problem needs a structural solution, not a personal one. To invoke Chisholm as a counter-argument is offensive.
- sabarn01 6y ago
  Then you are easily offended. I think that what Chisholm did and what Davis did are in the same category. Personal outreach. You said Davis was the only example so I gave you others. I don't think racism is structural problem Its a personal problem solved by individuals. The legacy of racism and its former codification may be structural and addressed in a structural way but they are fundamental different.
  - morelisp 6y ago
    > I don't think racism is structural problem... The legacy of racism and its former codification may be structural and addressed in a structural way but they are fundamental different. E2 80 8A