Neo-Nazi makes it to TED Talk stage (video)

Christian Picciolini (TEDx, 12/20/17); Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

My time in America's neo-Nazi movement and what happened

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(TEDx Talks) At 14-years-old, Christian Picciolini went from naïve teen to white supremacist. And soon he was the leader of America’s first neo-Nazi skinhead gang.

How was he radicalized, and how did he ultimately get out? In this talk, he shares a surprising and counterintuitive solution to hate in all forms.

White American Youth

After leaving the white supremacist skinhead movement he helped build in the 80s and 90s, he co-founded "Life After Hate," a nonprofit dedicated to helping people disengage from violent extremism.

His memoir, White American Youth: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement—and How I Got Out (Hachette), details his involvement and eventual disengagement from the early American white nationalist movement. He lives in Chicago.

This talk was given at a TEDxMileHigh event using the TED conference format independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx.