Chris Buckley tattooed “Infidel” in Arabic on his left forearm during an army tour in Afghanistan. “I wanted them to know I was the one the imam warned them about.” An Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan before joining the KKK to become its national security leader, Buckley despised Muslims and other minorities. That was then. Now the father of two spends his time building bridges of understanding across difference and hate, volunteering for Parents for Peace. What caused his awakening? Psychologist Dr. Nour Kteily attempts to ascertain the conditions needed to deprogram racism and extremism. The need is an urgent one: the pandemic and the recent election have fueled an ever-growing number of young people being groomed in white supremacist hatred and ideology. “These are people who have chosen hate and ideology as a drug of choice to numb the pain of underlying issues and grievances, and so we treat this the same way we treat addiction.” —Myrieme Churchill, Executive Director of Parents for Peace, Seattle Times