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Beginnings : The Hub City
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Beginnings : The Hub City

From: Eyes Have Seen

In this chapter, Anderson recounts his childhood in segregated Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from 1947 through the early 1960s. 30 $3.00 Add
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Blaine Wilson, Tsartlip First Nation

Blaine Wilson, Tsartlip First Nation

“When I was twenty-five, thirty, there was more salmon and I was fishing every other day. Now I’m lucky to go once a week.”

From: How We Go Home

Blaine Wilson, of Tsartlip First Nation on Vancouver Island, is a hunter and fisherperson, one of the few remaining who know how to live off the land. He describes his childhood and family at … 12 $1.20 Add
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Canadian Human Rights Commission

Canadian Human Rights Commission

From: Cure for Hate

In this chapter, the white supremacist activities of the author garner attention from the Canadian Human Rights Commission, leading to jail time just as his son was born. He continues to … 15 $1.50 Add
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Canadian Liberty Net

Canadian Liberty Net

From: Cure for Hate

This chapter begins with a glimpse of a personal change of heart when the author’s daughter is born, but then moves on to detail how he started the Canadian Liberty Net, a tool to spread … 13 $1.30 Add
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Childhood

Childhood

From: Cure for Hate

The author traces the aspects of his early childhood that in his view led him to become a white supremacist, including a pivotal moment of betrayal from his father. 12 $1.20 Add
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Code Pink: A Splash and Dash Caesarean

Code Pink: A Splash and Dash Caesarean

From: Hot Mess

In this chapter, Wiebe narrates an emergency caesarean section in Victoria, British Columbia, where a delayed labour became a Code Pink crisis when the infant’s heart rate plunged to 55 … 16 $1.60 Add
Cure for Hate

Cure for Hate

A Former White Supremacist's Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion

How does an affluent, middle-class, private-school-attending son of a doctor end up at the Aryan Nations compound in Idaho, falling in with and then recruiting for some of the most notorious … 235 View
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Disengagement

Disengagement

From: Cure for Hate

The author describes his slow disenchantment and disengagement with the white supremacist communities as his partnership broke up and he became a single parent. He examines how his shift in … 16 $1.60 Add
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Elizabeth Vittrekwa, Fort McPherson
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Elizabeth Vittrekwa, Fort McPherson

From: Book of Hope

This chapter presents Elizabeth Vittrekwa’s account of a breast cancer diagnosis in February 2020, set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. 7 $0.70 Add
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Epilogue

Epilogue

From: Finding Our Niche

In the Epilogue of Finding Our Niche, Loring grapples with his own feelings of alienation and disorientation to place. 2 $0.20 Add
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Ervin Chartrand, Selkirk, Métis/Salteaux

Ervin Chartrand, Selkirk, Métis/Salteaux

“They said I fit the description because I looked like six other kids with leather vests and long hair who looked Indian.”

From: How We Go Home

Ervin Chartrand, of Selkirk, Manitoba is of Métis/Salteaux descent. He describes his childhood characterized by a lack of belonging, and joining a street gang at the age of fourteen. He … 19 $1.90 Add