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White American Youth: My Descent Into America's Most Violent Hate Movement - And How I Got Out

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Harrowing journey from hate to hope.

"White American Youth" is an eye-opener that if you've ever wondered about the realities of hate groups and the power of redemption, this memoir by Christian Picciolini will grip you. It's an honest reflection of his descent into, and out of, one of the most notorious movements, showing that change is possible even from the darkest of places. It might challenge your perceptions and inspire hope for transformation in those who have lost their way.

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White American Youth: My Descent Into America's Most Violent Hate Movement - And How I Got Out

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ISBN: 9780316522908
Publisher: Hachette Books
Date of Publication: 2017-12-26
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology, Music, Biographies & Memoirs, Politics
Goodreads rating: 3.96
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A stunning look inside the world of violent hate groups by a onetime white supremacist leader who, shaken by a personal tragedy, realized the error of his ways and abandoned his destructive life to become an anti-hate activist. As he stumbled through high school, struggling to find a community among other fans of punk rock music, Christian Picciolini was recruited by a now notorious white power skinhead leader and encouraged to fight with the movement to "protect the white race from extinction." Soon, he had become an expert in racist philosophies, a terror who roamed the neighborhood, quick to throw fists. When his mentor was arrested and sentenced to eleven years in prison, sixteen-year-old Picciolini took over the man's role as the leader of an infamous neo-Nazi skinhead group. Seduced by the power he accrued through intimidation, and swept up in the rhetoric he had adopted, Picciolini worked to grow an army of extremists. He used music as a recruitment tool, launching his own propaganda band that performed at white power rallies around the world. But slowly, as he started a family of his own and a job that for the first time brought him face to face with people from all walks of life, he began to recognize the cracks in his hateful ideology. Then a shocking loss at the hands of racial violence changed his life forever, and Picciolini realized
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Harrowing journey from hate to hope.

"White American Youth" is an eye-opener that if you've ever wondered about the realities of hate groups and the power of redemption, this memoir by Christian Picciolini will grip you. It's an honest reflection of his descent into, and out of, one of the most notorious movements, showing that change is possible even from the darkest of places. It might challenge your perceptions and inspire hope for transformation in those who have lost their way.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.