On this edition of Your Call, we'll discuss how we can reach young men like the self-described white supremacist and antisemite who shot and killed 10 people at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
According to a document written by the 18-year-old white shooter, he researched a zip code with a high percentage of Black residents and traveled three hours to Tops several times before carrying out the massacre. We'll speak with former white supremacists about how we can reach young men before they embrace racism and commit extreme acts of violence.
Guests:
Tony McAleer, former neo-Nazi and white supremacist, co-founder of Life After Hate, and author of The Cure For Hate: A Former White Supremacist’s Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion
Chris Buckley, former leader in the Georgia Ku Klux Klan movement, military veteran, and a staffer with Parents for Peace
Web Resources:
The Washington Post: Tops worker says shooting suspect asked why she worked in Black area
The Washington Post: Buffalo shooting suspect wrote of plans 5 months ago, messages show
The Los Angeles Times: A new generation of white supremacist killer: shedding blood with internet winks, memes and livestreams
The New Yorker: American Racism and the Buffalo Shooting
USA Today: How a former KKK member and a Muslim refugee became friends
The Washington Post: In the Army and the Klan, he hated Muslims
The Guardian: Life after white supremacy: the former neo-fascist now working to fight hate
