. >> reporter: pastor ron buford started racist anonymous six years ago, cbs news visited his sunnyvale church in october of 2016. >> there's a number of black people and some of them have these weird names and somehow i just can't remember those weird names and i feel very bad about it. >> you may want to use unique or different. i don't think the mother would like you to say her child has a weird name. >> what it's about, it's about getting more aware of the fact that it's not just some people who do that. we all do that to some degree. >> reporter: would you say you are racist? >> yep, absolutely. you i say it every week in the meeting. so let's begin. >> reporter: moving the conversation online during the pandemic, opened up the meetings to people beyond this northern california town. and inspired dozens of similar groups around the world. here at home, amid one of the most racially turbulent times since the 60s, racist anonymous is more relevant than ever. >> i have come to admit that i'm powerless over my addiction to racism. >> reporter: she joined to over come racism that she le

. >> reporter: pastor ron buford started racists anonymous six years ago.how, i just can't remember those weird names. and i feel very bad about it. >> you might want to use unique or difference. because i don't think the mother would like you to say her child has a weird name. >> reporter: what racists anonymous is about is about getting more aware of the fact that it's not just some people who do that. we all do that, to some degree. >> would you say you're racist? >> yep, absolutely. i say it every week in the meeting. so, let's begin. >> reporter: moving the conversation online during the pandemic opened up the meetings to people beyond this north california town. and inspired dozens of similar groups around the world. >> i can't breathe! >> reporter: here at home, amid one of the most racially turbulent sometime times since racists anonymous is more important than ever. nancy joined six months ago to better understand prejudice she learned from her parents. do you think you still have racist tendencies? >> i do, because to this day, if i see someone wi