Racists Anonymous

Kathy Barrett Host/Producer of “Behind The Curtain,” interviews Pastor Ron Buford, Writer, Speaker, Consultant, Seminarian and Pastor for the Congregational Church of Sunnyvale, CA. about Racists Anonymous, a 12-step program inspired by the teachings of Alcoholics Anonymous that he founded in December of 2015. Eliminating racism is the goal and creating an environment where people can become more mindful of their biases without judgement gives them freedom to explore what lies beneath. Pastor Ron believes that racism is an addiction and like alcohol the first step is to surrender and admit that there is a problem. “It is built into our society to look down on certain people who are different and we mistreat those people based on those differences,” says Pastor Ron. Our individual attitudes and beliefs are what is keeping systemic forces in place. If we each can look at our biases, and take responsibility for them, then we can spend our time eliminating racism instead of deflecting from the fact that we are racists to varying degrees. Tune in to be Inspired. Tune in to be Informed. Join a meeting http://rainternational.org/ today and help obliterate racism.