Christian Picciolini
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Christian Marco Picciolini (born November 3, 1973) is an American former extremist who is the founder of the Free Radicals Project, a global network working to prevent extremism and help people disengage from hate movements. He is the author of a memoir, Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead, which details his time as a leader of the white power movement in the U.S. An updated version of the story was published in 2017, titled White American Youth: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement--and How I Got Out. His book Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism (2020) looks at how extremists recruit the vulnerable to their causes.
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Born | Christian Marco Picciolini (1973-11-03) November 3, 1973 (age 50) Blue Island, Illinois, U.S. |
Alma mater | DePaul University (B.A.) |
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Awards | Emmy Award (regional) |
Website | christianpicciolini |