The Gift of Our Wounds : A Sikh and a Former White Supremacist Find Forgiveness After Hate / Arno Michaelis and Pardeep Singh Kaleka with Robin Gaby Fisher.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: xviii, 222 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250107541
- 1250107547
- Michaelis, Arno
- Kaleka, Pardeep
- Hate crimes -- Wisconsin -- Oak Creek -- Case studies
- Sikhs -- Crimes against -- Wisconsin -- Oak Creek -- Case studies
- Mass murder -- Wisconsin -- Oak Creek -- Case studies
- Skinheads -- United States -- Biography
- Sikhs -- United States -- Biography
- White supremacy movements -- United States
- Reconciliation -- Case studies
- Forgiveness -- Case studies
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 364.1523 M621 | Available | 33111009175940 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The powerful story of a friendship between two men--one Sikh and one skinhead--that resulted in an outpouring of love and a mission to fight against hate.
One Sikh. One former Skinhead. Together, an unusual friendship emerged out of a desire to make a difference.
When white supremacist Wade Michael Page murdered six people and wounded four in a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin in 2012, Pardeep Kaleka was devastated. The temple leader, now dead, was his father. His family, who had immigrated to the U.S. from India when Pardeep was young, had done everything right. Why was this happening to him? Meanwhile, Arno Michaelis, a former skinhead and founder of one of the largest racist skinhead organizations in the world, had spent years of his life committing terrible acts in the name of white power. When he heard about the attack, waves of guilt washing over him, he knew he had to take action and fight against the very crimes he used to commit.
After the Oak Creek tragedy, Arno and Pardeep worked together to start an organization called Serve 2 Unite, which works with students to create inclusive, compassionate and nonviolent climates in their schools and communities. Their story is one of triumph of love over hate, and of two men who breached a great divide to find compassion and forgiveness. With New York Times bestseller Robin Gaby Fisher telling Arno and Pardeep's story, The Gift of Our Wounds is a timely reminder of the strength of the human spirit, and the courage and compassion that reside within us all.
Text in English.
Documents the story of the unlikely and powerful friendship between a Sikh and a former white supremacist in the aftermath of Wade Michael Page's murderous 2012 attack on a Wisconsin Sikh Temple, describing how they launched the Serve 2 Unite organization to promote community inclusion and fight hate crimes.