to be a black man and being discriminated against because of the way you look. i completely identify with them now. >> broke and without a job, brian had little hope of erasing his racist tattoos. enter an unlikely ally. the southern poverty law center or splc, is a nonprofit civil rights organization that tracks extremist groups and fights them in court. >> brian contacted us because we had published an article about the vinlander social club which was an organization that he was involved in. >> splc investigators, joe roy and lori wood, asked to meet with brian and julie. >> when we first met them we were talking obviously about my facial tattoos. that always comes up in conversations. and i was actually looking on e-bay at the time for der mall acid to burn them off my skin. >> when i first heard about that i was terrified that he would even consider that. >> the southern poverty law