Accidental Courtesy Doc A Timely Look At Race In America

Calgary Herald ^ | November 12, 2016 | Eric Volmers

[dccomix]

For the most part, Ornstein’s provocative film paints a flattering picture of Davis. He is a well-educated, charismatic activist and musician who has dedicated decades of his life to battling racism in his unique way. His approach is based on a logical question: “How can you hate me if you don’t know me?” So Davis has taken to meeting members of the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups, not to angrily confront them but befriend them and eventually attempt to talk them out of their racist views.

When he’s successful — as he has been with a handful of high-profile former racists, including a few that appear in the film — he accepts their KKK robes and hoods.

[dccomix]

I'd watch this film - if it were entitled Deliberate Provocation, a JCVD vehicle.

[x1stcav]

Yeah, I’m KKK and I’m going to left a comsymp befriend me.

Sound pretty staged to me.

[BenLurkin]

If only Sen Byrd had lived a little longer.

[WayneS]

Some viewers may actually question whether Davis is doing more harm than good. His heart seems in the right place and there is certainly value in him converting former racists who then become role models for others who want to leave the white supremacist movement. But there is also those he doesn’t convert.

Since BLM and Southern Poverty Law Center are keen to criticize Mr. Davis, perhaps we should compare the number of white supremacist Mr. Davis has befriended and converted to the total number the SPLC and BLM combined have converted.

[T-Bone Texan]

Miles Davis once said that if he had an hour to live he’d spend it strangling a white man.

Maybe they’re related!