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Life After Hate: Recovering From Racism

Christian Picciolini - Photo by Mark-Seliger

The stories of Life After Hate members and the science behind both everyday and organized hate — touching on neuroscience, psychology and criminology.

Life After Hate is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping white supremacists transition out of the extremist lifestyle and to helping those outside the supremacist community understand how these groups work. Founded by ex-supremacists, the group is one of the only organizations in the country dedicated to helping those involved in the white power movement recover from racism. This thesis follows the stories of Life After Hate members and explores the science behind both everyday and organized hate. Touching on neuroscience, psychology and criminology, this thesis addresses the mechanisms that give rise to overt racists as well as those that contribute to systemic discrimination.

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Christina Couch
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Christina Couch

Christina Couch is the Associate Director of the MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing and a Lecturer in the program. She authored two middle grade science books published by MIT Kids Press and was a 2020 Education Writers Association Reporting Fellow, where she covered federal, state, and private efforts to expand science education within US prisons. Projects she’s worked on have won the AMBA Pedagogical Innovation Award, a Buzzie Award from the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers, and honors from the Virginia Press Association. Her writing can be found in Atlas Obscura, Fast Company, Hakai Magazine, Mental Floss Magazine, The New York Times, NOVA, Science Friday, Smithsonian, The Verge, Vogue.com, and elsewhere.

Thesis: Life After Hate: Recovering From Racism

Christina Couch Written by Christina Couch