@miql @Are0h

I believe empathy is the foundation of all human ethics and morality.

Empathy and meaningful interaction with Black people have caused at least a few white supremacists to renounce their white supremacy.

I have a hunch that the 1960s civil rights leaders deliberately tried cultivate empathy among moderate whites to support ending Jim Crow.

One story is point two in this long essay on empathy. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_habits_of_highly_empathic_people1

The other is https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/11/03/take-money-and-run-how-don-black%E2%80%99s-son-escaped-white-supremacist-movement-he-was-born