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Todays extremist violence surges into our lives from what seems like every direction -- vehicles hurtling down city sidewalks; cyber-threats levied against political leaders and backed up with violence; automatic weapons unleashed on mall shoppers, students, and the faithful in houses of worship. As varied as the violent acts are the attackers themselves -- neo-Nazis, white nationalists, the alt-right, InCels, and Islamist jihadists, to name just a few. In a world where hate has united communities that traffic in radical doctrines and rationalize their use of violence to rally the disaffected, the fear of losing a loved one to extremism or falling victim to terrorism has become almost universal.
Told with startling honesty and intimacy, Breaking Hate is both the inside story of how extremists lure the unwitting to their causes and a guide for how everyday Americans can win them-and our civil democracy-back. Former extremist Christian Picciolini unravels this sobering narrative from the frontlines, where he has worked for two decades as a peace advocate and hate breaker. He draws from the firsthand experiences of extremists he has helped to disengage, revealing how violent movements target the vulnerable and exploit their essential human desires, and how the right interventions can save lives.
Along the way, Picciolini solves the puzzle of why extremism has come to define our era, laying bare the ways in which modern society-from fake news and social media propaganda to coded language and a White House that inflames rather than heals-has polarized and radicalized an entire generation.
Piercing, empathetic, and unrestrained, Breaking Hate tells the sweeping story of the challenge of our time and provides a roadmap to overcoming it.
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BREAKING HATE
A rare, exquisitely narrated tale of journeys to the edge and back, Breaking Hate illuminates a creeping danger that threatens to polarize American society and split it apart. It documents Christian Picciolinis inspired efforts to turn back a tide of hate about to engulf us all. A must-read for anyone who cares to understand what feeds violent extremism, and how it can be countered.
Dr. Arie Kruglanski, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland and author of The Three Pillars of Radicalization
Those who ignore Picciolinis agonizing and dire warnings about the pervasive and systematic alt-right movement, do so at all of our peril. We must instead listen intently to what he is telling us and internalize his poignantly told personal story and fervent efforts to repair fractured souls lost to forces beyond their control. Our survival as a civil society may depend upon it.
Glenn Frank, coauthor of From Broken Glass: Surviving Hitlers Death Camps to Inspire a New Generation
At a time when the bonds of multiracial democracy and pluralism are being torn by political strife, growing hate group activity, and acts of white-supremacist terrorism, Christian Picciolini provides us a roadmap to a new sense of community and justice. As a former extremist himself, Picciolini knows what turns people into ticking time bombs and what it takes to defuse them; and more to the point, what it takes to prevent still more fuses from being lit. In Breaking Hate, he combines a keen sense of history with human psychology, sharp storytelling and the kind of hopefulness it will take to emerge from our current moment a healthier and more just nation. In this impressive volume he provides a critical glimpse inside the broken humanity of not only individual extremists, but the brokenness of America itself.
Tim Wise, author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son
With piercing insight and unrivaled compassion, Breaking Hate tells the tragic story of how extremism has torn our communities asunder and how every American can work together to end the epidemic of violence that has taken so many of our loved ones. In a country where more than 96 percent of mass shootings are perpetrated by men, we need to find ways of helping our boys grow into healthy young men who not only reject hate but also feel they have paths forward in todays economy.
Andrew Yang, Democratic presidential candidate
White American Youth: My Descent into Americas Most Violent Hate Movementand How I Got Out
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ISBNs: 978-0-316-52293-9 (hardcover), 978-0-316-52295-3 (ebook)
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For Britton, my boys, and Buddy, who have lived these pages with me in magical ways for the last thirty-odd yearsand always with love
The people, histories, and situations described in this book are based on real accounts of my work and life. I have, however, changed most names and identifying details of the individual stories and omitted, condensed, and reordered certain time lines. I have also re-created scenes where I was not present, based on the accounts of those involved. What I have not changed are any specific dates, general scenarios, or my intervention approaches.
Certain namessome which you may recognizeremain unchanged. These individuals have deliberately chosen hate and the public spotlight over the public good. As I believe sunlight is the best disinfectant, I leave them unmasked for transparency and, hopefully, their accountability. They know I am a beacon that wont go dark, should they ever decide to seek refuge from the storms they have created.
Cited as footnotes are some studies and statistics, though it would have been impossible to credit all the excellent researchers, analysts, mental health professionals, academics, writers, journalists, watchdogs, and first responders in the field who have shaped my understanding of violence-based extremism over the last thirty years. I also want to acknowledge those who directly inspired this book: the victims of hate and bias-based crimes, and the former extremistsformersI have helped disengage from hate. I know the latter recognize their privilege in receiving a second chance and hope to make the most of it. For those in Americas minority communities, who often do less damaging things than Ive ever done, I stand with youI see you and acknowledge the prejudice and the imbalance of justice you endure. I hope to raise your voices here, too.
I am not a licensed psychologist, social worker, faith healer, guru, or saint, but I base the concepts, theories, and approaches outlined in these pages on my thirty years of immersion and intensive effort in a space that, because of its ugly, covert, and dangerous nature, has been difficult to studyespecially for outsiders. Youll soon learn I am a former violent extremist, who as a young man spent almost a decade during the 1980s and 90s as a leader in the American white-supremacist movement. Since denouncing racism, I have dedicated my life to ensuring others dont tread the same dark path I once did. I hope the insight Ive gained while breaking free from hateand as I continue to repair the harm I once causedis a worthy complement to the important work of my professional peers and a useful road map to help others escape the darkness of extremism.
Christian Picciolini
April 20, 2019
Chicago, Illinois, USA
On the morning of April 19, 1995, a young US Army veteran drove a Ryder truck filled with 4,500 pounds of improvised explosives made from ammonium nitrate fertilizer and high-octane racing car fuel to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He calmly parked the truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building and lit the fuse. Weeks before, Timothy McVeigh had done the same thing in a dry run. That time, he walked up the steps into the building and past the childcare center full of children belonging to federal workers. He found the FBI office on an upper floor at the rear of the building and went home to adjust his explosive payload. When he decided to carry out the plan, McVeigh arrived knowing that the first victims were going to be the children in the childcare center and he did not care.
McVeigh was to become the most notorious American terrorist in our nations history. A decorated combat veteran transformed into a racist killing machine when he made a conscious choice to build the bomb and kill as many of his fellow citizens as possible, but he was not always that way. He became radicalized through a book, a right-wing extremist blood fantasy called
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