A review by kristinasshelves
White American Youth: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement—and How I Got Out by Christian Picciolini

4.0

I loved Picciolini's newest book, Breaking Hate, so reading this was a no brainer. He tells his life story of getting introduced, and quickly immersed in, white supremacy. While at times I felt this would draw impressionable young people into this disgusting movement, this book was so raw and vulnerable. I think its important to realize that many of those involved in hate movements were essentially brainwashed into then as children and have never truly had their beliefs challenged. I wish more time was devoted to Picciolini's move away from white supremacy, as I feel that his time in that movement and his rise to leadership within it were the major focus, instead of his journey away from and ultimate denouncement of that time in his life.