علاج الكراهية.. رحلة أحد دعاة تفوق العرق الأبيض السابقين من التطرف العنيف إلى التعاطف الجذري

How does the son of a wealthy, middle-class private school doctor end up at an Aryan Nations compound in Idaho, where he joins and recruits members for some of the most notorious neo-Nazi groups in Canada and the United States? “The Hate Cure” paints a deeply human portrait of a young man who yearned for attention, acceptance, and praise, and the unknown he turned to to achieve this. Tony McAleer found an outlet for his teenage rage in the street violence of skinhead groups. He then became deeply involved in the White Aryan Resistance Movement, rising through its ranks to become a leader, and exploiting technology and the emerging Internet to spread white nationalist propaganda in the digital age. After fifteen years in the movement, it was the outpouring of love he felt at the birth of his children that inspired him to question his hateful beliefs. Thus began his spiritual journey toward personal transformation that enabled him to break away from the highest levels of the white supremacist movement. This insightful book deconstructs common stereotypes and offers valuable insights into how ordinary people are drawn to violent extremism, how this ideology takes hold, and how best to help one unlearn hate. In his candid and thoughtful memoir, Tony shares his perspective from over a thousand hours of psychotherapy, group work, and facilitating change in others, which reveals the deep psychological causes behind racism. In a historical period of increasing incidents of racist violence, The Cure for Hate shows that in a society horribly divided by hate and in desperate need of healing, penance, forgiveness, and, most important of all, radical empathy, may be the cure.