蜜芽传媒

Christian Picciolini was recruited into a neo-nazi group in his hometown of Chicago in 1987 at nearly 14 years old. He took part in violent attacks, enlisted new members and even became a leader. He also wrote and recorded racist music, opening a record shop to sell music promoting white supremacy. But it was in that store where he would meet the people who would challenge his beliefs, leading him to abandon the movement in 1995. Since then, he has used his unique perspective to dismantle the very groups he was once part of. When Weekend鈥檚 Albana Kasapi spoke to him on the line from Chicago, she asked him first about his involvement in a recent case, that of Dylan Roof, the white supremacist responsible for the 2015 massacre of nine black church members in Charleston South Carolina.
(Picture: Christian Picciolini. Credit: Peter Tsai)