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Nov 15, 2011 · They married later that year and had a son (they also are raising Julie’s other four children together). After spending 16 years as a vicious brawler and razor-carrying skinhead enforcer, Bryon realized he didn’t want to raise his family in the hostile culture he once embraced.
- Why Did Bryon Widner Become A Skinhead?
- When Did Bryon Widner Start Getting Tattoos?
- Was Skin Inspired by The Bryon Widner Documentary Erasing Hate?
- Did Bryon's Former Gang Do Atrocious things?
- Did Bryon Widner Really Almost Drink Himself to Death?
- Did A Black Activist Really Help Bryon to Leave His Life as A Neo-Nazi?
- Who Paid For Bryon Widner's Tattoos to Be removed?
- Had Bryon Widner Been in and Out of Jail?
- Did Bryon and Julie's Relationship Unfold Like It Does in The Movie?
- Why Did Bryon Widner Decide to Give Up Life as A Neo-Nazi?
The Skin true story reveals that Bryon Widner became a skinhead in 1991 at the age of 14. After his mother died he was raised by an alcoholic grandmother. He had become a chronic runaway and had been regularly living on the streets. "I had a family member who was a skinhead, and I decided to try to impress him." In search of a place to belong, Widn...
"I started getting tattooed at about 14, 15. The tattoo thing was just to signify the whole tough guy look," Widner said in a 700 Club interview. "I got swastikas and stuff when I was like 16, 17. I got 'em more for shock value, because I really didn't understand the politics behind them. I just knew that they got me in fist fights quite often, so ...
Yes. Director and writer Guy Nattiv started working on turning Bryon Widner's story into a movie after he viewed the MSNBC documentary Erasing Hate about Widner's attempt to erase the hate from his life, both figuratively and literally. He endured the lengthy and painful process of having the neo-Nazi tattoos removed from his body (see video of his...
Yes. His former gang, the Outlaw Hammerskins, did commit acts of violence, and the group it had split from, the Hammerskins, have been involved in harassment, assault and murder. While much of the violence happens domestically or against other factions, members have committed appalling acts of hate, including the 2012 shooting at the Sikh temple in...
Yes. In researching the Skin true story, we learned that there was a point where Bryon was drinking a 30-pack of beer every day, sometimes accompanied by a bottle of Jack Daniel's if the beer wasn't enough. Unhappy and believing there was no way out of his life as a skinhead, Bryon had become depressed and turned to alcohol. He says that until he m...
Yes, in real life, Bryon's wife Julie contacted Philadelphia-based anti-racist activist Daryle Lamont Jenkins, founder of the One People's Project. Bryon and Daryle (pictured below) became friends as Daryle helped Bryon escape his life as a skinhead. However, his role in Bryon's life seems to have been heightened somewhat for the movie. Daryle Lamo...
To stop Bryon from trying to use dermal acid to burn the tattoos off his face, his wife Julie contacted the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights law firm. They agreed to help in exchange for information about the gangs. Like in the movie, the SPLC managed to secure funding from an anonymous donor, who paid for the extensive laser removal pro...
Yes. During his 16 years as a skinhead, Widner had been in and out of jail, mostly for fighting. This included bar fights. "I always had anger issues," says Widner. Many of his fights were not against other races but rather rival skinhead groups. It was essentially gang warfare. -SPLC
In real life, they met at the white power concert Nordic Fest (shown in the movie) and then started talking a couple months later over the phone. Their phone relationship went on for a couple months. One night, Bryon came home half drunk after getting into a bar fight, and he called up Julie and proposed. It was at that moment that he decided he wa...
After a decade of being a skinhead, Bryon had started to see faults in his thinking that the white race was the master race. "I didn't really see it that way anymore," recalls Widner, "'cause I just knew so many white people that were just such scumbags that I couldn't say, 'Okay, every white person is somewhat superior than every black person,' wh...
Aug 4, 2022 · Bryon Widner was the face of one of the best-known redemptive stories in America — a transformation from leading light in a violent white supremacist group to reclaiming a peaceful place in the...
Nov 1, 2011 · People grabbed their children when Bryon Widner swaggered into a store, lowered their voices when he entered a restaurant, sidled away when he strode up to a bar.
Aug 9, 2019 · In 2005, Widner married Julie Larsen and a year later, the couple had a son. The responsibilities of fatherhood gave Widner the desire to reform and leave the racist movement, a desire shared by his new wife. Image credits: AP.
Aug 4, 2022 · Bryon Widner and Julie Miller came to wide public attention through a riveting, intimate documentary called Erasing Hate, released in 2011. It followed the couple and their children on a remarkable journey as he removed the public markers of their past lives in white nationalist groups.
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Jun 23, 2011 · After spending 16 years as a vicious brawler and razor-carrying enforcer for white-power skinhead gangs operating in Indiana and Ohio, Bryon Widner (above) became a husband and father – and realized he didn’t want to raise his family in the hostile culture of white supremacy and violent lawlessness he once embraced and promoted.
