White American Youth - My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement - and How I Got Out

"Originally published as Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead in May of 2015."

About the author

Christian Picciolini was born in the Blue Island neighborhood of Chicago, where he was radicalized at the age of fourteen and went on to become the leader of the notorious Chicago Hammerskins, one of the most violent hate groups in America, and the singer of two white power propaganda punk bands. After leaving the hate movement when he was nineteen years old, Picciolini began the painstaking process of rebuilding his life. He went on to earn a degree in International Business and International Relations from DePaul University and launch an entertainment and media firm. In 2010, he co-founded Life After Hate, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities and organizations gain the knowledge necessary to implement long-term solutions that counter all types of racism and violent extremism.

Summary

WHITE AMERICAN YOUTH is 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.

Foreword

WHITE AMERICAN YOUTH is 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.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Picciolini
• Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.02.2018, delayed
• EAN: 9780316522908
• ISBN: 978-0-316-52290-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 210 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 260 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, True Crime, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social discrimination & inequality, Organized crime, United States of America, USA, Social welfare and social services, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Violence and abuse in society, Autobiography: philosophy and social sciences, Political activism / Political engagement, Social discrimination and social justice