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The Resource White American youth : my descent into America's most violent hate movement -- and how I got out, Christian Picciolini

White American youth : my descent into America's most violent hate movement -- and how I got out, Christian Picciolini

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"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 too late the full extent of the harm he'd caused. aw, inspiring, and heartbreakingly candid, White American Youth tells the fascinating story of how so many young people lose themselves in a culture of hatred and violence and how the criminal networks they forge terrorize and divide our nation."--Back cover
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eng
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxiv, 275 pages
Note
"Originally published as Romantic Violence : Memoirs of an American Skinhead in May of 2015."
Contents
  • Foreword / Joan Jett
  • Introduction
  • Prologue
  • Goliath
  • Miles apart
  • Buddy
  • White power
  • Romantic violence
  • Fourteen words
  • Summer of hate
  • Young hate mongers
  • Hear the call
  • White pride
  • Armed and dangerous
  • W.A.Y.
  • Sick society
  • Heavy-metal hate machine
  • AKA Pablo
  • Martyr
  • Happy death
  • Final solution
  • Open your eyes
  • AmeriKKKa
  • Soldiers of the race war
  • Organized chaos
  • White revolution
  • Walk alone
  • Sins of the brother
  • Epilogue
Isbn
9780316522908
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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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White American youth
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my descent into America's most violent hate movement -- and how I got out
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Christian Picciolini
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My descent into America's most violent hate movement--and how I got out
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Language
eng
Summary
"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 too late the full extent of the harm he'd caused. aw, inspiring, and heartbreakingly candid, White American Youth tells the fascinating story of how so many young people lose themselves in a culture of hatred and violence and how the criminal networks they forge terrorize and divide our nation."--Back cover
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autobiography
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Picciolini, Christian
Dewey number
  • 306.1
  • 320.5/6
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
HV6439.U5
LC item number
P53 2017
Literary form
non fiction
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Jett, Joan
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  • Picciolini, Christian
  • Skinheads
  • Neo-Nazis
  • Ex-gang members
  • White supremacy movements
  • Blue Island (Ill.)
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White American youth : my descent into America's most violent hate movement -- and how I got out, Christian Picciolini
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"Originally published as Romantic Violence : Memoirs of an American Skinhead in May of 2015."
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Contents
Foreword / Joan Jett -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Goliath -- Miles apart -- Buddy -- White power -- Romantic violence -- Fourteen words -- Summer of hate -- Young hate mongers -- Hear the call -- White pride -- Armed and dangerous -- W.A.Y. -- Sick society -- Heavy-metal hate machine -- AKA Pablo -- Martyr -- Happy death -- Final solution -- Open your eyes -- AmeriKKKa -- Soldiers of the race war -- Organized chaos -- White revolution -- Walk alone -- Sins of the brother -- Epilogue
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on1007057715
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21 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxiv, 275 pages
Isbn
9780316522908
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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illustrations
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(OCoLC)1007057715
Label
White American youth : my descent into America's most violent hate movement -- and how I got out, Christian Picciolini
Publication
Copyright
Note
"Originally published as Romantic Violence : Memoirs of an American Skinhead in May of 2015."
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Foreword / Joan Jett -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Goliath -- Miles apart -- Buddy -- White power -- Romantic violence -- Fourteen words -- Summer of hate -- Young hate mongers -- Hear the call -- White pride -- Armed and dangerous -- W.A.Y. -- Sick society -- Heavy-metal hate machine -- AKA Pablo -- Martyr -- Happy death -- Final solution -- Open your eyes -- AmeriKKKa -- Soldiers of the race war -- Organized chaos -- White revolution -- Walk alone -- Sins of the brother -- Epilogue
Control code
on1007057715
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxiv, 275 pages
Isbn
9780316522908
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1007057715

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