Davis is a brilliant man that understands something about humans that far too many people don’t. He came to that understanding by engaging and asking questions.
This strategy single handedly abolished more KKK members than anything else. Contrast to the extremists of today like BLM who are having the opposite effect and pushing more people to racism. We’re going backwards. Then again, it’s not like BLM is actually motivated by their clever branding, so this is unsurprising.