A time-tested method to help people to recover from their individual vices is apparently being adapted and applied to help racists recover from their ignorant and hateful ways. Racists Anonymous, which claims to have adopted the 12 steps program of Alcoholics Anonymous is currently offering weekly meetings at Trinity Unity Church, of Concord NC every Wednesday evening.
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One of Trinity United Church’s Ministers, Rev. Nathan King, had the following to say regarding this fledgling fellowship’s alleged primary purpose:
‘Racists Anonymous is meant to deal with the racism within ourselves and to eliminate the racism within ourselves.’
King claims that Racists Anonymous was originally inspired by the massive amount of high profile shootings which have taken place right here on American soil over the past several years. The Huffington Post reports that approximately a dozen or so people are currently attending the group’s weekly meetings, all of them reportedly varying in age, gender, and degree of racist ideology carried within them, according to the group’s facilitator, Carol Stanley.
‘Well, some people say they’re racist, some people say they’re not sure.’ Stanley claimed, regarding Racists Anonymous members. She went on to say –‘But we’re becoming clearer and clearer on the unconscious racism that we all carry. It’s a way to address one’s own racism as a spiritual practice and discipline.’
Racists Anonymous‘s founders believe that the answer to the epidemic of blatant racism, so prevalent in modern American society, lies within the spiritual realm and therefore cannot be fully remedied without a complete and total awakening of one’s spiritual side. The group uses a proven method of recovery from various substances and vices, commonly known as the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Frankly, given all of the violence and hatred blatantly displayed in America today, any program attempting to curb these unacceptable atrocities has my blessing as it should all of ours. The following statement tells me that Racists Anonymous would have had the blessing of the original 100 members of Alcoholics Anonymous or at the very least one of A.A.’s two co-founders.
‘No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively. Regardless of what is happening around me I will always have the prerogative, and the responsibility, of choosing what happens within me. I am the creator of my own reality. When I (review my day), I know that I must stop judging others. If I judge others, I am probably judging myself. Whoever is upsetting me most is my best teacher. I have much to learn from him or her, and in my heart, I should thank that person.’– Bill Wilson, Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
