Description
Author: Arno Michaels
Publisher: Life After Hate
Published: 12/31/2010
Pages: 222
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.51d
ISBN13: 9780983129097
ISBN10: 0983129096
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
About the Author
From the time I was 17 until I was was 24, I was a substantial part of the white power movement. I was a founding member of what went on to become the largest racist skinhead organization on Earth, a Reverend of a self-declared Racial Holy War, and lead singer of the race-metal band Centurion, selling over 20,000 CDs of the most violent, hateful music ever made. There is blood from innocent people on my hands that will never wash off. There are kids today who listen to my voice bellowing my lyrics as they're getting drunk and geared-up to go out and hurt people. After 7 years of involvement, the combination of single parenthood and higher education finally instilled enough doubt in the racist dogma that I had vehemently promoted for so long to allow sight beyond the narrow view I clung to. There was one particular afternoon that marked my epiphany: I arrived early to pick my daughter up from daycare. No one had noticed me, so I took in the moment, watching with teared eyes as my little girl played with the other kids. It struck me that they were all children; not black children, or white children, but the sons and daughters of mothers and fathers. I thought of all the people I had hurt, whether with my own hands or by lighting some psychopath's fuse. Those people had moms and dads and brothers and sisters. How did their loved ones feel when they saw this person who was so special to them battered and broken? How horrible would it be to have my daughter exposed to such violence in the slightest aspect? Love for my child thawed a dormant empathy for people that I was never aware of. I have changed drastically over the years since then, becoming a person who seeks out and embraces the diversity of our wonderful human family. I didn't become this person with the intention of simply being the antithesis of what I was. It happened very organically once I became too exhausted to maintain the lies necessary to be a racist. Today T strive to study and practice basic human goodness-our innate need for compassion and the ability to give it. This core truth serves as the foundation for peace as it's common to every world religion and transcending of ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, and any other sort of difference that seems to sort human beings.
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9781466453845|Francisco Bujan is a top pro life coach - His direct and challenging approaches trigger change in those he helps - He offers one on one coaching, workshops, books, audios and videos on his site vitalcoaching.com
9780615479897|Connie Shelton has written more than two dozen mysteries in the Charlie Parker mystery series and Samantha Sweet series and has been a contributor to several anthologies, including Chicken Soup For the Writer's Soul. She and her husband live in northern New Mexico with their two dogs.
9780987789907|Sonia Zylberberg lives in Montreal. She teaches at Dawson College and reads mystery novels in her spare time. You can contact her at soniaz.orange@gmail.com or visit her website www.soniaz.weebly.com.
9781456438227|Daniel Staite lives outside of Austin with his wife and two children. He served in the Marine Corps and is a lifelong student of the martial arts including kung fu, t'ai chi, and ju jitsu. Daniel began his shaman training under the tutelage of his Indian grandmother 40 years ago. His passion for elemental healing was the inspiration for his CDs and this book. He believes that the manifestation of joy and love should be easier for all people. He invites you to enjoy the experience of healing yourself and those around you.
9781453825327|Anthony Crenshaw has a passion for expressing himself through the written word. He thanks his Savior for blessing him with the gift of writing. Anthony currently lives in Greenville AL where he plans to finish his degree in Journalism. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his daughter and hanging out with his family and friends. Mr. Crenshaw is the proud father of Ms. Akiriya A'yana Crenshaw.
9781936934010|Sheila writes in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she lives with her husband, four of their seven children, a pack of rescued dogs and a hen house full chickens. For fun Sheila enjoys reading mystery and suspense novels and, when the weather is cool, building a bon fire and roasting marshmallows with the kids. If you ask Sheila what is most important to her, she'll tell you that being true to yourself is the only thing that brings pure happiness and joy. How that manifests is different for each person. For Sheila, that meant leaving behind a corporate job to make time for what she most enjoyed: family, writing and motivating others to be all that they can be.
9780615479866|Lyle Perez-Tinics lives in Southern Cali-fornia with his wife and daughter. He is the creator of www.UndeadintheHead.com, a website dedicated to zombie books and the authors. Lyle has two novels in the works, Existing Dead and Rising From The Tempest (which he offers for free as a serial nov-el, www.RisingFromTheTempest.com) He is the owner and operator of The Mad Format-ter (www.TheMadFormatter.com) a book inte-rior design business. He also writes mid-dle grade book under his pen name, Benny Alano. Follow him on Twitter, http: //www.Twitter.com/LylePerez Find him on Facebook, http: //www.Facebook.com/UndeadintheHead
9781466453807|Francisco Bujan is a top pro life coach - His direct and challenging approaches trigger change in those he helps - He offers one on one coaching, workshops, books, audios and videos on his site vitalcoaching.com
9780983128502|Don Goehner is president of The Goehner Group, the company he founded in 1982 to assist ministry organizations in achieving their mission, vision and goals through stewardship, marketing, and leadership consultation. Don graduated with a degree in sociology from Westmont College and a master's degree in business administration from Pepperdine University. He's directed several ministry organizations; been a college administrator, faculty member, and development officer; was National Chairman of the Young Life Capernaum Committee for four years; and has served a Westmont trustee since 1986.
9781453637425|Clint Allison and his wife Phyllis divide their time among Knoxville, Tennessee; Whale Cove, Nova Scotia; and somewhere warm in the winter.
9781463530099|Mary is a Florida native, living in a quiet log cabin on the central west coast. She and her husband, Jim, have three children. Their oldest, Jarod, is currently serving in the U.S. Army, and their daughters, Rayna and Lora, live at home. Mary is a Network Administrator for a local high school, but writing is her passion. She enjoys challenging herself with different genres, but her favorite is romance.
9781468031430|Amanda Mondoux was born in Nashua New Hampshire in May of 1980. Her primary passion growing up resided with animal care, making it easy to understand her later profession of a veterinary technician. And then there was reading, and of that she did plenty. Her love for writing developed later in life, and has flourished since. Amanda's love for fantasy and mythology started at the young age of six, her first adult fantasy read" being JRR Tolkein's "The Hobbit." Her education was then split between English and writing courses and classes pertaining to animal care, and the two curriculums served to enhance the reality and beauty of the worlds she creates.
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