Christian Picciolini

People are ready to be actors in making the world a better place.

— Christian Picciolini

I'm hopeful because people are ready to step up and educate people, support peaceful protest, and make their voices heard. People are…

— Christian Picciolini

I received compassion from the people I deserved it least from when I least deserved it, and that helped change me. When…

— Christian Picciolini

I can't say I've seen any formalized white supremacy grow. I was a selfish leader and never trained anybody to train over…

— Christian Picciolini

There are a lot of people being duped with misinformation, and they're all rejoicing over Donald Trump. And having a white nationalist…

— Christian Picciolini

Actually, I don't think most people join white supremacist groups because of the ideology or dogma. They gravitate to these groups because…

— Christian Picciolini

We have to look at white supremacists differently, not as monsters but as broken men and women who are capable of doing…

— Christian Picciolini

Chicago has always been a very segregated city and Mt. Greenwood is an example of that. I can't say I've seen organized…

— Christian Picciolini

There were a lot of people in our nationalist group who went on to become cops and firefighters and correctional officers. Unfortunately…

— Christian Picciolini

I know from firsthand experience that our environment and the things and people who cross our paths make all the difference. If…

— Christian Picciolini

We need to make sure that our children know different kinds of people, eat different kinds of food, and learn our true…

— Christian Picciolini

30 years ago in white supremacy, we had a strategy called leaderless resistance. The concept was: stop shaving our heads, stop getting…

— Christian Picciolini

I read recently that in the U.S. today, the majority of people under the age of 21 are immigrants or first- or…

— Christian Picciolini

We've seen hate groups rise across the country. But we've also seen an increase in the average person, who looks like your…

— Christian Picciolini

We try to approach everything in Life After Hate and Exit USA with compassion. While we really promote approaching things with compassion…

— Christian Picciolini

I have two sons, ages 23 and 25, and know that parents need to listen more and speak less. Young people today…

— Christian Picciolini

I'm not in contact really with people from Chicago Area Skinheads movement and couldn't say who they now support politically, but I…

— Christian Picciolini

Looking back, I've learned that everyone is searching for three things: Identity, community, and a sense of individual purpose. These are fundamental,…

— Christian Picciolini

There are also people that still choose to support racist rhetoric because they feel white dominance in America is slipping through their…

— Christian Picciolini

For years now, I've been talking about the rise of the extreme right in the U.S. Since 9/11, white nationalists have killed…

— Christian Picciolini

Hate crimes have increased since the election of Donald Trump. So I'm not surprised. I'm hopeful, very vigilant. We're seeing the same…

— Christian Picciolini

As far Chicago, our city was designed with racism in mind, with neighborhoods segregated by expressways and train tracks. Even suburbs, like…

— Christian Picciolini

It's a cause for great concern because a lot of people have said and done repulsive things in terms of racism and…

— Christian Picciolini