Posted on 11/24/2021 10:13:00 AM PST by TigerClaws
The Salvation Army wants its white donors to give it more than just money this Christmas season. Its leadership is also demanding they apologize for being racist.
It's part of a push by the Christian charitable organization to embrace the ideas of Black Lives Matter, an activist group working to, among other things, "dismantle white privilege" and "disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure."
The Salvation Army's Alexandria-based leadership has created an "International Social Justice Commission" which has developed and released a "resource" to educate its white donors, volunteers and employees called Let's Talk about Racism. It asserts Christianity is institutionally racist, calling for white Christians to repent and offer "a sincere apology" to blacks for being "antagonistic.. to black people or the culture, values and interests of the black community."
"Many have come to believe that we live in a post-racial society, but racism is very real for our brothers and sisters who are refused jobs and housing, denied basic rights and brutalized and oppressed simply because of the color of their skin," one lesson explains. "There is an urgent need for Christians to evaluate racist attitudes and practices in light of our faith, and to live faithfully in today’s world."
In an accompanying Study Guide on Racism, Salvation Army authors explain that all whites are racist, even if they don't realize it.
“The subtle nature of racism is such that people who are not consciously racist easily function with the privileges, empowerment and benefits of the dominant ethnicity, thus unintentionally perpetuating injustice," it says.
"Sunday school curriculum that only uses white photography and imagery" is an example given that perpetuates injustice.
"We must stop denying the existence of individual and systemic/ institutional racism. They exist, and are still at work to keep White Americans in power," the lesson says.
"These systems give privileges to white people"
Let's Talk about Racism pushes arguments identical to those of leading "Critical Race Theory" purveyors Robin DiAngelo and Henry Rogers (a.k.a. Ibram Kendi), whose work is recommended by Salvation Army authors.
DiAngelo and Rogers (Kendi) claim that any observable difference in relative behavior or accomplishment between racial groups is due to the inherent racism of whites, arguing against the traditional American concept of equal opportunity in favor of the Marxist-inspired goal of equality of outcome.
"Structural racism.. is the overarching system of racial bias across institutions and society. These systems give privileges to White people resulting in disadvantages to (blacks)," reads a Salvation Army lesson.
Proponents of "Critical Race Theory" don't believe whites, Asians or Hispanics can avoid being prejudiced against blacks. They want them to demonstrate what they call "anti-racism" in favor of blacks, helping to establish lower standards for them than they do members of other racial groups, or making cash "reparation" payments to blacks as compensation for alleged previous racism.
"Stop trying to be ‘colorblind’. While this might sound helpful, it actually ignores the God-given differences we all possess, as well as the beautiful cultures of our Black and Brown brothers and sisters," Let's Talk about Racism explains. "Instead of trying to be colorblind, try seeing the beauty in our differences, and welcome them into your homes churches and workplaces. Being colorblind also ignores the discrimination our Black and Brown brothers and sisters face and does not allow us to address racism properly."
Founded in 1865 in London, England, the Salvation Army is both a protestant Christian church and an international charitable organization. Its first "red kettle" was set up in Oakland, California in 1891.
National advisory board members include Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones, Chick-Fil-A Foundation President Rodney Bullard and charter school pioneer J.C. Huizenga.
This is “Let’s talk about racism”
You posted the “study guide”
Is this all of them or just the Alexendria based one? How independent are the various churches?
Unless this "Nova News" is using additional unnamed sources, they are making most of this up.
It looks like we need to stop giving to the Salvation Army, now.
Thanks for posting.
As far as I am able to determine, this is an evil lying attack upon a Christian Organization.
Simple browsing through the Salvation Army justice material at their site…
DOES NOT SUPPORT THESE ALLEGATIONS.
Not that they are immune to infiltration by godless enemies, but please…
Be careful what you follow. Try not to support the calculated cancelation of
all things Christian, by failure to do simple due diligence on such evil BS.
~Easy
Hey y’all. I’ve got yer apology right here.
Same here. I just donated last night and will never again.
Also, I usually take high end clothes and furniture donations to SA but NO MORE.
I will burn everything before giving to them ever again.
You are correct. The one you posted looks much more CRT than the one I posted. Salvation Army just committed suicide.
In other words, no.
What a fantastic charitable business model: Insult your largest donor base to their core.
Yeah, I have something to offer, but it ain’t an apology. Quite the opposite!
Glad I haven’t donated yet this year! Buh-bye, may you starve.
Thanks for posting. HAD donated to them for years, and took my boys ‘Bell Ringing’ may times - it was always fun. It was also one of my Dad’s favorite charities.
But, no more. More and more of my money is staying LOCAL. I advise others to just concentrate on their own communities and churches as well.
Also - Charity Navigator is a great place to check out a ‘charity’ prior to donating to make sure they embrace the same VALUES you do!
https://www.charitynavigator.org/
Well, so much for that.
Another one bites the dust.
They have been there a long time. I quit supporting them when i tried to volunteer for hurricane Katrina relief and walked out on the worst racist leftist screed I have heard. It was a presentation you had to listen to before being allowed to volunteer
SA can go FOAD
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