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| "We are truly honored to have your support Frankie! The work you've been doing since you left the movement over a decade ago has paved the way for me and a growing number of others to leave hate behind as well. Keep up the amazing work brother." - Arno Michaels, Life After Hate |  | |||
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 | | Book Review: "The Roots of Race Hatred AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A RECOVERING SKINHEAD" "Where does hate come from? Frank Meeink’s searing memoir provides some precious clues—if you have the stomach to read it. Gaining insight into the mind of a skinhead is a valuable but uncomfortable process, and Meeink is brutally honest. You’ll feel each sharp kick of his steel-toed Doc Martens, and see how easily he recruits angry, confused teenagers to his cause. But you’ll also learn what it takes to pull people off this path and prevent others from ever walking it." - Danielle Maestretti, Utne Reader   
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Frank Meeink's new message A former skinhead who spread his message of violence and hate locally in the 1980s has made it his life’s work to prevent today’s youths from suffering the same fate. [ READ MORE ]
A Surprise For a Deserving Boy Nadin Khoury, just 13 years old, recently made headlines for being violently bullied. The View wanted to hear his story -- and gave him a surprise he never will forget. [ READ MORE ]
A Turning Point in the Discourse, but in Which Direction? Within minutes of the first reports Saturday that Representative Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, and a score of people with her had been shot in Tucson, pages began disappearing from the Web. [ READ MORE ]
Frank Meeink: The TNB Self-Interview Frank Meeink compares the world of politics in the US is to the world of gangs. [ READ MORE ] Recovered Skinhead Frank Meeink Stops By Lil’ Ern’ and Kaine sit down with Frank Meeink to discuss his current book ‘Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead’. The work is Mr. Meeink’s raw telling of his descent into America’s Nazi underground and his ultimate triumph over hatred and addiction. Joining the discussion is Ron Meier, Regional Director of the New York Region of the Anti-Defamation League. From his violent childhood in Philadelphia and incarceration, to his current life as doting father and activist, Frank’s story of downfall and subsequent redemption is one that should be read and heard by all. [ READ MORE ] Former skinhead's message of change and redemption You know that dark side of human nature most of us keep under control. But Frank Meeink let it out, with a vengeance. [ READ MORE ] Former skinhead hits road with story Frank Meeink was tired of people writing stories about him. [ READ MORE ] The mechanics of hate Racism is something that exists in our country in a muted way. It's not a comfortable subject for people to talk about. It brings up a past that America is still trying to forget or come to terms with, and calls for a very meticulous introspection of one's own attitudes, ideologies and what exists swirling around the gutters of your psyche. It's a subject that isn't talked about enough judging by the sore state of our nations race relations. [ READ MORE ]
Former skinhead speaks on campus Frank Meeink, author of "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead," spoke at IU Southeast on Sept. 29 in the Hoosier Room. [ READ MORE ] Phoenix News: Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead There are startling numbers when it comes to hate groups in America. A report published by the Southern Poverty Law Center shows there are more than 900 active hate groups in our country, 16 of them call Arizona home. [ READ MORE ] Somebody, Somewhere, Sometime Frank Meeink lives in Iowa with his wife and children. He runs a multi-racial hockey league for kids, called Harmony through Hockey. He makes a living traveling around the country speaking on diversity and tolerance. That's a long way from where he came from, and not just geographically. [ READ MORE ] Ex-skinhead seeks path of redemption Daniel is well-acquainted with the ignorance that inspired someone to spray-paint anti-Semitic graffiti on Edmonton's Beth Shalom Synagogue a day before the beginning of Hanukkah. [ READ MORE ] Normal 101: What a Professor Learned from a 'Recovering Skinhead' Frank Meeink is not normal. I got my first clue in 2004, a couple hours after meeting him. The shadows of the restaurant parking lot obscured the more ominous details of his full-sleeve tattoos as he leaned in close to my ear and asked, "Youse ever smelled a dead body?" Before I could answer, or run, he popped the trunk. [ READ MORE ] Recovering skinhead tries to open eyes of closed minds Over the last two decades, Frank Meeink, 35, has undergone quite a metamorphosis. In 1997, he spent a year having a five-inch swastika tattoo removed from his neck and the words "skin" and "head" lasered off his knuckles. Other racist and offensive tattoos, including a portrait of Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels that was on his chest, gradually were colored over and incorporated into more benign images. [ READ MORE ] Everyone Must Condemn Hatred UC Davis is reeling from several anti-Jewish incidents. In late February, a Jewish student discovered a swastika carved into the door of her residence hall room. The following week, four more of the Nazi symbols were painted on several locations around the campus. On March 14, another swastika was discovered on a bulletin board in one of the campus dorms. [ READ MORE ] A 'Recovering Skinhead' On Leaving Hatred Behind As a teenager, Frank Meeink was one of the most well-known skinhead gang members in the country. He had his own public access talk show, called The Reich, he appeared on Nightline and other media outlets as a spokesman for neo-Nazi topics, and he regularly recruited members of his South Philadelphia neighborhood to join his skinhead gang. [ READ MORE ] Former white supremacist speaks on solidarity, recovery Frank Meeink spoke to a crowd Tuesday in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union about his journey into and out of a skinhead group. This lecture was a part of promoting his autobiography entitled "Autobiography of a Recovering Skin Head." Despite his harsh life story, Meeink mixed heartache and hate with laughter and honesty. [ READ MORE ] Review: Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead: The Frank Meeink Story as Told by Jody M. Roy, Ph.D. "Why, in a land with so much opportunity, is a critical mass of young people choosing hatred over possibility?" [ READ MORE ] Spitting-mad protest takes a hateful turn Health-care protesters took their vitriol to new heights in DC yesterday -- spitting at and repeatedly hurling racial slurs at black congressmen. [ READ MORE ]
American History X-treme A former neo-Nazi’s memoir describes a violent life in the white supremacist movement and his transformative experiences in prison. [ READ MORE ] Former Skinhead Battles Racism With Hockey Loosely, Meeink told us at the Reconciliation Forum in Washington, D.C. The real-life version has no cathartic moment or dramatic ending. The true story begins after the credits. Oddly enough, it involves hockey. Meeink grew up in Philadelphia watching the Flyers. The games were his escape. At home, Meeink was abused by his step-father. At school, he was beaten up for being the only white kid. [ READ MORE ] They dropped the ball on another child predator! This guy got out of jail in 5 yrs- After he tried to kill and rape a 13 yr old girl! [ READ MORE ]
Meeink speaks on skinhead past As Frank Meeink took the stage on Monday night, a Dunkin' Donuts cup held in tattoo-covered hands, his first remark let everyone in Alumni Hall know that he wouldn't be softening the truth. [ READ MORE ] | ||
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