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Transcripts for BBCNEWS HARDtalk 20210811 03:35:00

Of unpick them a little bit. first, i want to have you talk me through daryl davis in his mid 20s as a musician, playing in a bar in maryland, after a performance meeting this white guy who comes up to you, congratulates you on your music, and then, in the course of a few minutes conversation, reveals that he is a member of the ku klux klan. why don t you just tell him to get the hell out of your life? because he was curious about me and, naturally, i was curious about him. why was this klansman praising me, putting his arm around my shoulder and fascinated with my piano playing? he said that this was the first time he had ever heard a black man play the piano likejerry lee lewis. now, obviously, he did not know the black origin ofjerry lee lewis s piano style, which came from black blues and boogie woogie piano players. that s where rock and roll, rockabilly evolved. ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS HARDtalk 20210810 23:35:00

To you, congratulates you on your music, and then, in the course of a few minutes conversation, reveals that he is a member of the ku klux klan. why don t you just tell him to get the hell out of your life? because he was curious about me and, naturally, i was curious about him. why was this klansman praising me, putting his arm around my shoulder and fascinated with my piano playing? he said that this was the first time he had ever heard a black man play the piano likejerry lee lewis. now, obviously, he did not know the black origin ofjerry lee lewis s piano style, which came from black blues and boogie woogie piano players. that s where rock and roll, rockabilly evolved. why would you as a black man care about his feelings about your musicianship or anything else? once you know the basic fact that here is a white supremacist, an extreme racist who regards you as something inferior, maybe even subhuman, ....

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