‘Racists Anonymous Is a Thing, Holds 12-Step Meetings at North Carolina Church’

If hatred of other races is interfering with you leading a happy life, then I suspect such a 12-step group as this could help.

Complex.com: Is racism an addiction and a disease? Is the first step to recovering from racism admitting you have a racism problem?

A white church leader in North Carolina has partnered with a local woman to approach the problem that way, hosting weekly Racists Anonymous meetings modeled after 12-step programs that help people deal with alcohol, drugs, overeating and sex addiction. The group’s creation, in part at least, seems to have been spurred by recent police shootings.

Rev. Nathan King of Trinity United Church of Christ in Concord, N.C. tells WCNC-TV that the group began after, “It seemed like every week we were coming into worship and we were doing another prayer because someone had been killed in the street. … It’s to deal with the racism within ourselves and to eliminate the racism within ourselves.”

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