THE VIDEO SHELF · deradicalization
My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement & how I got out | Christian Picciolini | TEDxMileHigh
Christian Picciolini tells how he became a white supremacist at 14 and led America's first neo-Nazi skinhead gang, then how he left. He shares a counterintuitive approach to countering hate and co-founded Life After Hate.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as proof that people can leave extremist movements, and as a model of de-radicalization through compassion.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- TEDx Talks
- Topic
- deradicalization
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2023
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From the original HN conversations
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Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.