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Fifth Column

Ex-BLM activist exposes left wing 'indoctrination,' reveals why he walked away

2026-05-13

[FoxNews] Xaviaer DuRousseau

…the man is brilliant and very funny. I love the reels that show up in my Facebook feed — I’m sure they can be found on YouTube and elsewhere as well, for those who don’t do FB…

said he spent his youth supporting liberal causes, describing himself as the kid in college "spreading woke stuff on campus," but that his awakening came during the 2020 George Floyd riots. He joined "The Riley Gaines Show" podcast to discuss the turning point that changed his mind.

"Socialism has literally never worked. BLM has always been a scam and the Democratic Party has always been the party of racism and violence," DuRousseau said.

"I have just been drinking the Kool-Aid because this was the indoctrination that was put upon me from the age of a little child," he added.

DuRousseau, who is now a conservative content creator and a personality for PragerU, explained his shift began while being cast for Netflix’s reality show "The Circle." He started researching conservative arguments, initially wanting to debunk them, but realized he’d been blinded by his own confirmation bias.

He said when he tried to question things like the riots or whether the millions raised were actually going to the victims’ families, he was met with hostility.

"Whenever I called it out, I was told that I needed to stay in line or that I was losing the plot. And I just got sick of it," DuRousseau said, adding that he realized how "performative" the activism was.

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