The Solution

Are we not “the salt of the earth,” “the yeast?” How many loaves of God’s Wonder Bread have gone unmade—bread for the world’s deepest hunger?

Why?

Because of the primitive racism “hook” within us, demagogues more easily exploit our inner jealousy, envy, and fear, pulling us away—even from our own natural self-interest—to fulfill racism’s destructive and unyielding demands.

Here’s the Good News! God, the Creator, is still baking, speaking, creating, sending humanity the wide variety of ingredients necessary to finish creation toward God’s envisioned perfection. With God’s help, we can continually overcome, one day at a time, and teach other race addicts to do the same.

For the purpose of Racists Anonymous, let us all consider owning our behavior as “racist” whenever we react to another based solely upon race or some other external factor.

That means if I see a group of African American or Latin American kids walking down the street, and I automatically lock my doors…

That means if my blind date shows up, is White, and I refuse to answer…

That means if an Arabic person gets on a plane and I automatically think terrorist…

Well, considering my honest answers to these sorts of questions:

“Hi, my name is (insert your name here when reading this), and I’m a racist.”

Let’s end racism in ourselves first, and then let’s see what happens!